Nelson Introduces Phone Scam Prevention Act With Bipartisan Backing
Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., introduced legislation Thursday targeting phone scams that he says affect senior citizens. The bill is S-2956, listed as the Phone Scam Prevention Act. One of the bill’s three co-sponsors is Sen. Joe Donnelly, D-Ind., who referred…
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to it in a news release as the Anti-Spoofing Act of 2014, the title of legislation that successfully passed the House earlier this year. “This bipartisan legislation would take steps to help protect seniors and all consumers from phone scams by giving people additional protection and closing existing loopholes,” Donnelly said. The other two co-sponsors are Sens. Cory Booker, D-N.J., and Susan Collins, R-Maine. Nelson and Collins are the chairman and ranking member of the Special Committee on Aging, where Donnelly is also a member. Nelson is also a Commerce member expected to lead Commerce Democrats in the next Congress, and this bill has been referred to the Commerce Committee. The Aging Committee held a hearing Wednesday on phone scams to hear from debit card companies and retailers. The legislation is intended “to make it easier for seniors to actually know who is calling them, and give them tools to protect themselves from fraud,” Nelson said in his opening statement for that hearing.