119th Congress Commerce
H.R. 2481: Romance Scam Prevention Act
Passed Congress
- Introduced (completed)
- Passed House (completed)
- Passed Senate (completed)
- To the President (completed)
- Became law (not reached)
Summary
This bill requires online dating service providers (i.e., mobile applications or websites) to provide users with a fraud ban notification if the user has established an account with the service and received a message through the service from a banned user of the service.
The fraud ban notification must include (1) the username or other profile identifier of the banned user and the most recent time when the user who is receiving the notification sent or received a message through the service to or from the banned user, (2) a statement that the banned user may have been using a false identity or attempting to defraud other users, (3) a statement that the user should not send cash (or another form of currency) or personal financial information to another user, (4) information about avoiding online fraud (e.g., a link to another website or a disclosure) and (5) contact information for the provider's customer service department.
The bill provides for enforcement of these requirements by the Federal Trade Commission and state attorneys general.
Written by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
Roll calls
No roll call votes have been held on this bill.
Amendments
No amendments were offered to this bill.
Cosponsors
- Craig Goldman R-TXOriginal
- Brittany Pettersen D-COOriginal
- Thomas Suozzi D-NYOriginal
- Juan Ciscomani R-AZ
- Josh Harder D-CA
- David Joyce R-OH
- Susie Lee D-NV
- Michael Lawler R-NY
- Jefferson Shreve R-IN
Who scored on this bill
- 1David Valadao SponsorDrew cross-party cosponsors, introduced, marked up, reported, passed House, passed Senate6 events+108
- 2Juan CiscomaniCosponsored; cosponsored bill passed2 events+4
- 2Craig GoldmanCosponsored; cosponsored bill passed2 events+4
- 2Josh HarderCosponsored; cosponsored bill passed2 events+4
- 2David JoyceCosponsored; cosponsored bill passed2 events+4
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History
- Presented to the President.
- Passed the Senate by unanimous consent.
- Passed the House by voice vote.
- Introduced in the House by David Valadao.
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- Presented to President.
- Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S4902)
- Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S4902)
- Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
- Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
- Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 438.
- Received in the Senate.
- Mr. Bilirakis moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
- Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2848-2850)
- DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2481.
- Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2848-2849)
- On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2848-2849)
- Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Reported by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 119-153.
- Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 119.
- Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
- Introduced in House
- Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.