Stop SCAMS Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 7215 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7215 To require the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, and the Federal Trade Commission to undertake a governmentwide effort to counter scams, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 22, 2026 Mr. Harder of California (for himself and Mr. Fitzpatrick) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To require the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, and the Federal Trade Commission to undertake a governmentwide effort to counter scams, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Stop Schemes, Cyberfraud, Abuse, Manipulation, and Swindles Act'' or the ``Stop SCAMS Act''. SEC. 2. COUNTERING SCAMS AND RELATED ACTIVITIES. (a) In General.--The Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation shall, in coordination with the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, the Federal Trade Commission, and the head of any other agency that the Director determines appropriate-- (1) not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this section-- (A) develop and implement a government-wide strategy to counter scams and coordinate activities across the government relating to countering scams; (B) adopt a single de