Military Consumer Protection Task Force Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 5683 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5683 To establish a task force to protect members of the Armed Forces, veterans, and military families, from financial fraud. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES October 3, 2025 Mr. Lynch (for himself, Ms. McBride, Mr. Gottheimer, and Ms. Tlaib) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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 establish a task force to protect members of the Armed Forces, veterans, and military families, from financial fraud. 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 ``Military Consumer Protection Task Force Act of 2025''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. Congress finds the following: (1) Members of the Armed Forces, veterans, and military families continue to be disproportionately targeted and impacted by imposter scams, investment-related schemes, fake check scams, veterans' charity scams, pension poaching, and other methods of financial fraud. (2) In 2023, financial fraud targeting military consumers resulted in an estimated $477,000,000 in total losses, an increase of approximately $63,000,000 over 2022. (3) In 2023, the Federal Trade Commission received more than 74,000 fraud complaints from veterans and military retirees that resulted in approximately $350,000,000 in total losses. (4) In 2024, financial fraud targeting military consumers resulted in an estimated $584,000,000 in total losses, an increase of approxi