S. 4943 118th Congress Senate

Protecting Consumers From Payment Scams Act

Official title: A bill to amend the Electronic Fund Transfer Act to treat fraudulently induced electronic fund transfers in the same manner as unauthorized electronic fund transfers, and for other purposes.

Introduced: August 1, 2024 Introduced by: Richard Blumenthal Democratic · Connecticut See on congress.gov

Finance and Financial Sector

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

Aug 1, 2024

Introduced in Senate

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Latest action August 1, 2024

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

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Warren, Elizabeth

Massachusetts · Aug 1, 2024

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 4943: Protecting Consumers From Payment Scams Act. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-4943/

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"S. 4943: Protecting Consumers From Payment Scams Act." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-4943/.

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S. 4943, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-4943/.

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