# 117-hr-5914: Empowering States to Protect Seniors from Bad Actors Act

117-hr-5914, Empowering States to Protect Seniors from Bad Actors Act, is a 117th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Gottheimer, Josh [D-NJ-5] (D-NJ); status Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 117-hr-5914
- Congress: 117
- Title: Empowering States to Protect Seniors from Bad Actors Act
- Status: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
- Introduced: 2021-11-09
- Sponsor: Rep. Gottheimer, Josh [D-NJ-5] (D-NJ)
- Cosponsors: 3
- Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Empowering States to Protect Seniors from Bad Actors Act This bill reauthorizes through FY2028 and otherwise revises the Senior Investor Protection Grant Program. The bill moves the program from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to the Securities and Exchange Commission, establishes a task force to oversee the program, and eliminates certain grant eligibility requirements.

## Cosponsors (3)

- Rep. Garcia, Sylvia R. [D-TX-29] (D-TX), 2021-11-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Huizenga, Bill [R-MI-4] (R-MI), 2021-11-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1] (R-PA), 2022-01-03T00:00:00.000Z

## Votes

| Date | Chamber | Question | Result | Yea | Nay |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2022-05-11T00:00:00.000Z | house | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended | Passed | 371 | 48 |

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## Sources
- [117-hr-5914 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5914)

## Related
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- [117-hr-1057: Greatest Generation Commemorative Coin Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hr-1057)
- [117-hres-881: Condemning the heinous terrorist attack on Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyvi…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hres-881)
- [117-hconres-65: Expressing the sense of the Congress that tax-exempt fraternal benefit societie…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hconres-65)
- [117-hr-5577: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 3900 C…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hr-5577)
- [117-hr-3642: Harlem Hellfighters Congressional Gold Medal Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hr-3642)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hr-5914 (as of 2025-11-18).