Romance Scam Prevention Act
Summary
What This Bill Does
Requires online dating service providers to notify members when a person they communicated with has been banned for fraud, sets timing and content requirements for those notifications, and authorizes Federal Trade Commission and state attorney general enforcement.
Who Benefits and How
Dating-app users could gain earlier warnings that a recent contact was banned for fraud, helping them avoid romance scams and stop sending money or personal financial information.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Dating-service providers must track banned accounts, send timely fraud-ban notifications, coordinate with law enforcement on any delay requests, and face FTC and state enforcement for noncompliance.
Key Provisions
- Requires a fraud-ban notification when a member has received a message from a banned member.
- Sets required notification content, including the banned member's identifier, last contact time, scam warning, fraud-avoidance guidance, and customer-service contact information.
- Requires notice within 24 hours in most cases, with narrower windows for provider-judgment delays and law-enforcement-requested delays.
- Treats violations as unfair or deceptive acts or practices enforceable by the FTC and allows state attorney general actions in specified circumstances.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Requires online dating service providers to notify members when a person they communicated with has been banned for fraud, sets timing and content requirements for those notifications, and authorizes Federal Trade Commission and state attorney general enforcement.
Key Policy Areas
Consumer Protection, Online Safety, Fraud Prevention
Primary Purpose
Requires online dating service providers to notify members when a person they communicated with has been banned for fraud, sets timing and content requirements for those notifications, and authorizes Federal Trade Commission and state attorney general enforcement.
Policy Domains
Main Provisions
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Online dating users who get quicker warnings about fraudulent contacts and better fraud-avoidance guidance
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Online dating service providers that must monitor bans, send notifications, and manage enforcement exposure
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
Passed HouseRead twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. …
Received in the Senate.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without …
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without …
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill …
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules …
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate …
Mr. Bilirakis moved to suspend the rules and pass the …
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 119.
Passed House (inferred from eh version)
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