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Official title: Establish a Federal Government priority goal, Scams Steering Committee, Scams Action Plan, and website to promote scams information and prevention, and for other purposes.
Introduced June 15, 2026 by Margaret Wood Hassan · Last progress June 15, 2026
This bill centralizes and coordinates federal anti‑scam efforts—creating reporting portals, shared tools, targets, and oversight—to better detect, prevent, and prosecute scams, but it increases federal costs, administrative burdens, and privacy/compliance risks for individuals, local agencies, and businesses.
Victims and the general public will benefit from stronger federal coordination and enforcement against scams because the bill creates an interagency steering committee, a Federal Scams Action Plan, and regular oversight to increase investigations and enforcement.
Consumers (including seniors and low‑income people) gain an easy, centralized place to report scams and access education, victim-assistance resources, and timely updates via reportscams.gov and regular public outreach, which should help individuals recognize scams and reduce losses.
All Americans and policymakers get improved transparency and measurable goals because the bill requires baseline estimates, a 4-year reduction target, quarterly updates, an annual public report with trends and enforcement data, and periodic GAO assessments to track progress.
Taxpayers and agencies will face meaningful new costs and recurring administrative burdens because creating and operating a centralized reporting portal, producing quarterly and annual reports, funding shared tools, and responding to GAO reviews requires staff time and resources.
Individuals and private entities face increased privacy and data‑sharing risks because collecting reporters' contact information, building shared data/tech systems, and publishing reports could expose sensitive personal information if safeguards and redactions are insufficient.
State and local law enforcement and courts could be burdened by higher volumes of routed reports and new administrative requirements, stretching already-limited local resources.
Based on analysis of 7 sections of legislative text.
Creates a federal Scams Priority Goal, interagency steering committee, public portal (reportscams.gov), action plan, reporting requirements, limited transfer/hiring authorities, and GAO oversight.
Creates a government-wide effort to reduce scams by establishing a Scams Priority Goal, an interagency Scams Steering Committee, and a centralized public website (reportscams.gov) for reporting scams, public education, and victim resources. Requires a Federal Scams Action Plan, quarterly updates, an annual public report with data and recommendations, and GAO reviews every two years. Authorizes limited interagency funding transfers and temporary direct-hire authority to support implementation, and sets deadlines for producing the action plan, website, reviews, and reports. Agencies must publish progress and data publicly and to Congress, with sensitive material redacted as appropriate.