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119-hr-6681119th CongressWALLET

National Scam Prevention Coordination Act

Sponsored By: Representative Whitesides, George [D-CA-27]

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Summary

Creates the Office of the National Fraud and Scam Prevention in the Executive Office of the President to serve as the central federal coordinator for fraud and scam prevention. A Presidentially appointed Director would advise the President, set up a fraud data shield for sharing non-personally-identifiable scam data, lead integrated federal incident responses to major campaigns, coordinate with the private sector and relevant agencies, and the office would terminate five years after enactment.

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  • Families and consumers would gain a single federal lead focused on detecting and responding to large scams, including campaigns that cause more than $5.0 million in losses or affect over 1,000 people.
  • Businesses, researchers, and others could share non-personally-identifiable scam data through a new data shield and receive civil liability protection for good faith disclosures.
  • Federal agencies and law enforcement would get centralized coordination and advisory support from the Office to align strategy, review budgets for consistency with national policy, and coordinate incident response across entities such as the FBI, Secret Service, Treasury units, FTC, and FCC.

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

3 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.

New White House office to fight scams

This bill would create the Office of the National Fraud and Scam Prevention inside the Executive Office of the President. The President would appoint a Director with Senate confirmation. The Director would be paid at Executive Schedule Level II, could hire staff and exempt up to 20 employees at pay not above Level IV, hire experts at GS-15 rates, and accept detailees for up to three years. The Director would coordinate federal strategy, review agency budgets for consistency, and lead integrated incident response plans for major scam campaigns.

Office ends after five years

This bill would terminate the Office and its authorities five years after enactment unless Congress renews them. If not renewed, the centralized coordination, data-sharing authorities, and statutory powers created by the Office would expire on that date.

Legal shield for sharing scam data

This bill would establish a fraud data shield to let companies share non-personally identifiable scam data with the Office. The data shared would have to be non-personally identifiable. This bill would also protect people and companies from civil lawsuits if they in good faith share non-personal scam data with the Office to carry out the law.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Whitesides, George [D-CA-27]

CA • D

Cosponsors

  • Rep. Shreve, Jefferson [R-IN-6]

    IN • R

    Sponsored 12/11/2025

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

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