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Seniors Fraud Prevention Act of 2019 Seniors Fraud Prevention Act of 2019 This bill directs the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to establish an office within the Bureau of Consumer Protection to advise the FTC about the prevention of fraud targeting seniors and to assist the FTC with monitoring the market for mail, television, internet, telemarketing, and recorded message telephone call (i.e., robocall) fraud targeting seniors. The office must (1) disseminate to seniors and their families and caregivers information about the most common fraud schemes, including methods of reporting complaints either to the FTC's national toll-free telephone number or to the FTC's Consumer Sentinel Network, where complaints become immediately available to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, state attorneys general, and other appropriate law enforcement agencies; (2) provide, in response to a specific request about a particular entity or individual, publicly available information regarding the FTC's enforcement action; and (3) maintain a website as a resource for information on fraud targeting seniors.

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Amy Klobuchar (D)*,  Tammy Baldwin (D),  Richard Blumenthal (D),  Bob Casey (D),  Susan Collins (R),  Kirsten Gillibrand (D),  Maggie Hassan (D),  Angus King (I),  Martha McSally (R),  Jeff Merkley (D),  Jeanne Shaheen (D),  Kyrsten Sinema (I),  Jon Tester (D),  Chris Van Hollen (D), 

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