To establish an advisory office within the Bureau of Consumer Protection of the Federal Trade Commission to prevent fraud targeting seniors, and for other purposes.
The bill’s titles are written by its sponsor.
Sponsor and status
115th Congress (2017–2019)
This bill was introduced on January 11, 2017, in a previous session of Congress, but it did not receive a vote.
S. 81
(same title)
Passed Senate (House next) — Aug 2, 2017
Position statements
What legislators are saying
“Rep. Deutch Announces Legislative Package to Protect Seniors, Veterans”
—
Rep. Theodore “Ted” Deutch [D-FL22]
(Sponsor)
on Jan 13, 2017
“Buchanan Earns High Marks for Bipartisanship”
—
Rep. Vern Buchanan [R-FL16]
(Co-sponsor)
on May 7, 2018
History
|
May 13, 2013
|
|
Earlier Version —
Introduced
This activity took place on a related bill, H.R. 1953 (113th). |
|
Jun 3, 2015
|
|
Earlier Version —
Introduced
This activity took place on a related bill, H.R. 2633 (114th). |
|
Jan 11, 2017
|
|
Introduced
Bills and resolutions are referred to committees which debate the bill before possibly sending it on to the whole chamber. |
|
Aug 2, 2017
|
|
Companion Bill —
Passed Senate (House next)
This activity took place on a related bill, S. 81 (115th), possibly in lieu of similar activity on H.R. 444 (115th). |
|
Apr 12, 2019
|
|
Reintroduced Bill —
Introduced
This activity took place on a related bill, H.R. 2301 (116th). |
H.R. 444 (115th) was a bill in the United States Congress.
A bill must be passed by both the House and Senate in identical form and then be signed by the President to become law.
Bills numbers restart every two years. That means there are other bills with the number H.R. 444. This is the one from the 115th Congress.
This bill was introduced in the 115th Congress, which met from Jan 3, 2017 to Jan 3, 2019. Legislation not enacted by the end of a Congress is cleared from the books.
How to cite this information.
We recommend the following MLA-formatted citation when using the information you see here in academic work:
“H.R. 444 — 115th Congress: Seniors Fraud Prevention Act of 2017.” www.GovTrack.us. 2017. January 24, 2021 <https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/115/hr444>
- show another citation format:
- APA
- Blue Book
- Wikipedia Template
Where is this information from?
GovTrack automatically collects legislative information from a variety of governmental and non-governmental sources. This page is sourced primarily from Congress.gov, the official portal of the United States Congress. Congress.gov is generally updated one day after events occur, and so legislative activity shown here may be one day behind. Data via the congress project.
