Stop SCAMS Act

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Introduced 2026-01-22Topic: public safety · technology privacy · economy jobs

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This bill directs the FBI Director, working with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the Federal Trade Commission, to create and carry out a government-wide strategy to counter scams within 1 year. The agencies would adopt a single definition of scam and scam types and look at ways to collect scam data in a consistent way. Within 2 years, they would report one government-wide estimate of how many consumers are affected by scams each year, including unreported cases, and the dollar losses. Each of the three agencies would also report its yearly scam complaint numbers and losses, and set up ways to measure how well its anti-scam training works.

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Date	Chamber	Action	Status effect
2026-01-22	House	Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Financial Services, 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.	refer
2026-01-22	House	Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Financial Services, 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.	refer
2026-01-22	House	Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Financial Services, 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.	refer
2026-01-22		Introduced in House	introduce
2026-01-22		Introduced in House	introduce

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