HR 605 IHCommentsClose CommentsPermalink

To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide an increased maximum penalty for telemarketing fraud targeting seniors, and for other purposes.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

January 22, 2007

Mr. HAYES introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform and Energy and Commerce, 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 concernedCommentsClose CommentsPermalink

To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide an increased maximum penalty for telemarketing fraud targeting seniors, and for other purposes.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the `Seniors Taking on Phony Marketers Act of 2007'.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

SEC. 2. INCREASED MAXIMUM PENALTY FOR TELEMARKETING FRAUD TARGETING SENIORS.

Section 2326 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking `10 years' and inserting `15 years'.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

There are authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2008 for the purposes of enforcing chapter 113A of title 18, United States Code, and related matters--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(1) $10,000,000 for the Postal Inspection Service to hire, equip, and train no fewer than 50 postal inspectors and support staff to investigate telemarketing fraud cases;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(2) $3,500,000 to hire, equip, and train no fewer than 30 Department of Justice attorneys, assistant United States Attorneys, and support staff to prosecute telemarketing fraud cases;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(3) $5,000,000 for the Postal Inspection Service to conduct, in cooperation with State and local law enforcement agencies and senior citizen advocacy organizations, public awareness and prevention initiatives for senior citizens, such as seminars and training; andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(4) $2,500,000 for the Federal Trade Commission to conduct public information awareness campaigns and prevention initiatives for senior citizens and to publicize available assistance such as 1877-FTC-HELP.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink