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Protection Against Scams on Seniors Act of 1999

Introduced: February 4, 1999 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 1, 1999
Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and Consumer Protection.
Feb 25, 1999
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.
Feb 4, 1999
Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Feb 4, 1999
Introduced in House
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TABLE OF CONTENTS:

Title I: Protection Against Scams on Seniors

Title II: Telemarketing Fraud Over the Internet

Title I: Protection Against Scams on Seniors - Protection Against Scams on Seniors Act of 1999 - 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.

Authorizes appropriations.

Title II: 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.

What's happening now March 1, 1999

Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and Consumer Protection.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 9
All 9 Democratic 8 Independent 1
D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Mar 28, 2000
 D
DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · Feb 29, 2000
 I
Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Apr 28, 1999
 D
Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Mar 10, 1999
 D
Clyburn, James E.
South Carolina · Feb 11, 1999
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Feb 11, 1999
 D
Neal, Richard E.
Massachusetts · Feb 4, 1999
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Feb 4, 1999
 D
Smith, Adam
Washington · Feb 4, 1999
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 612: Protection Against Scams on Seniors Act of 1999. 106th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-612/
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