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A bill to protect the public, especially seniors, against telemarketing fraud and telemarketing fraud over the Internet and to authorize an educational campaign to improve senior citizens' ability to…

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A bill to protect the public, especially seniors, against telemarketing fraud and telemarketing fraud over the Internet and to authorize an educational campaign to improve senior citizens' ability to protect themselves against telemarketing fraud over the Internet.

Introduced: October 8, 1998 Introduced by: Wyden, Ron Democratic · Oregon See on congress.gov
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Oct 8, 1998
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce.
Oct 8, 1998
Introduced in Senate
Oct 8, 1998
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S11983)
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Title I: Telemarketing Fraud Over the Internet

Title II: Special Protection for Senior Citizens

Title I: Telemarketing Fraud Over the Internet - Amends the Federal criminal code to include within its criminal fraud protections transmissions made over the Internet. Directs the Federal Trade Commission to initiate a rulemaking proceeding to set forth the application of the Federal Trade Commission Act to deceptive acts or practices in U.S. commerce in connection with the promotion, advertisement, sale offer, or sale of goods or services through the use of the Internet, including the initiation, transmission, and receipt of unsolicited commercial electronic mail.

Title II: Special Protection for Senior Citizens - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Assistant Secretary for Aging, to publicly disseminate by specified means in each State certain information designed to educate senior citizens and raise awareness about the dangers of telemarketing fraud and fraud over the Internet.

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2587: A bill to protect the public, especially seniors, against telemarketing fraud and telemarketing fraud over the Internet and to authorize an educational campaign to improve senior citizens' ability to protect themselves against telemarketing fraud over the Internet.. 105th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/105-S-2587/
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"S. 2587: A bill to protect the public, especially seniors, against telemarketing fraud and telemarketing fraud over the Internet and to authorize an educational campaign to improve senior citizens' ability to protect themselves against telemarketing fraud over the Internet.." 105th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/105-S-2587/.
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S. 2587, 105th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/105-S-2587/.
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