,i  #aagth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ddhc  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #af1 #bjba,miss
 ,rice of ,new ,york 7for herself and   
,mr4 ,upton7 introduced the following   
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,energy and ,commerce  ,a 
,,bill  ,to establish a coordinator     
within the ,federal ,trade ,commission  
to prevent fraud and scams targeting or 
adversely affecting military veterans   
and servicemembers1 and for other       
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,veterans and       
,servicemember ,consumer ,protection    
,act of #bjba4  #b4 ,coordinator for the
 prevention of fraud and scams targeting
 or adversely affecting veterans and    
servicemembers  7a7 ,establishment of   
coordinator ,the ,chairman of the       
,federal ,trade ,commission shall       
designate a coordinator 7in this section
 referred to as the coordinator7 within 
the ,bureau of ,consumer ,protection for
 the purpose of advising the ,commission

 on the prevention of fraud and other   
scams targeting or adversely affecting  
,united ,states military veterans and   
servicemembers and to assist the        
,commission with the following3 7#a7    
,oversight ,the coordinator shall       
collaborate with other staff of the     
,bureau of ,consumer ,protection to     
monitor the market for fraud and scams  
using mail1 television1 internet1       
telemarketing1 or recorded message      
telephone call 7in this section referred
 to as robocall7 solicitations and      
marketing that target or adversely      
affect ,united ,states military veterans
 and servicemembers and shall assist in 
coordinating with other relevant        
agencies as appropriate regarding the   
requirements of this section4  7#b7     
,consumer education ,the coordinator    
shall1 in consultation with the         
,attorney ,general1 the ,secretary of   
,veterans ,affairs1 the ,secretary of   
,defense1 the ,postmaster ,general1 the 
,chief ,postal ,inspector for the       

,united ,states ,postal ,inspection     
,service1 and other relevant agencies as
 appropriate1 coordinate and support the
 ,commission's work to-- 7,a7           
disseminate to ,united ,states military 
veterans and servicemembers and the     
families and caregivers of such         
individuals general information on fraud
 and scams using mail1 television1      
internet1 telemarketing1 or robocall    
solicitations and marketing that target 
or adversely affect ,united ,states     
military veterans and servicemembers1   
including descriptions of the most      
common fraud and other scams2  7,b7     
disseminate to ,united ,states military 
veterans and servicemembers and the     
families and caregivers of such         
individuals information on reporting    
fraud and scams targeting or adversely  
affecting ,united ,states military      
veterans and servicemembers to          
,report,fraud4ftc4gov 7or another       
appropriate website operated by the     
,commission1 as determined by the       

,chairman of the ,commission7 where such
 complaints will become available to    
applicable law enforcement agencies1    
including the ,federal ,bureau of       
,investigation and the attorneys general
 of the ,states2  7,c7 provide publicly 
available information about enforcement 
actions taken by the ,commission related
 to fraud or scams using mail1          
television1 internet1 telemarketing1 or 
robocall solicitations and marketing2   
and  7,d7 maintain a website to serve as
 a resource for information for ,united 
,states military veterans and           
servicemembers and the families and     
caregivers of such individuals regarding
 fraud or scams using mail1 television1 
internet1 telemarketing1 or robocall    
solicitations and marketing1 and other  
identified fraud and other scams1 that  
target or adversely affect ,united      
,states military veterans and           
servicemembers4  7#c7 ,complaints ,the  
coordinator shall coordinate and support
 the ,commission's establishment of     

procedures to-- 7,a7 review complaints  
by ,united ,states military veterans and
 servicemembers who believe they have   
been a victim of fraud or scams using   
mail1 television1 internet1             
telemarketing1 or robocall solicitations
 and marketing in the ,consumer         
,sentinel ,network1 and shall make those
 complaints immediately available to    
applicable ,federal1 ,state1 and local  
law enforcement authorities2 and  7,b7  
regularly update the ,consumer ,sentinel
 ,network's ,military ,dashboard ,report
 to make public aggregated1 general     
information on reports of fraud and     
scams using mail1 television1 internet1 
telemarketing1 or robocall solicitations
 and marketing1 including descriptions  
of the most common fraud and other scams
 using such methods of communication4   
7b7 ,commission defined ,in this        
section1 the term ,commission means the 
,federal ,trade ,commission4  7c7       
,effective date ,this section shall take
 effect on the date that is #a year     

after the date of the enactment of this 
,act4