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Allows State, local, and Tribal law enforcement to use defined eligible federal grant funds to investigate elder financial fraud, “pig butchering,” and other financial scams, and requires reporting on how those funds are used. It also directs the Treasury Department and FinCEN to produce detailed reports to Congress on the scale of scams, federal responses, and funding spent to combat these crimes, and requires agencies that provide grant funds to submit annual summaries to Congress. Federal law enforcement may assist with blockchain- and related-technology tracing tools for investigations.
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on 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.
Introduced April 21, 2025 by Zach Nunn · Last progress April 21, 2025
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