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117th Congress · House

Empowering States to Protect Seniors from Bad Actors Act

Subjects: Aging · Congressional oversight · Consumer Financial Protection Bureau · Consumer affairs · Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation · Employee benefits and pensions · Executive agency funding and structure · Financial services and investments

In plain language

  • House bill in the 117th Congress.
  • Reauthorizes through FY2028 and otherwise revises the Senior Investor Protection Grant Program.
  • House passed it on May 11, 2022 (substantive).
Official summary (Congressional Research Service)

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.

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