National Strategy for Combating Scams Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 6425 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 6425 To establish a national strategy for combating scams, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES December 4, 2025 Mr. Amo (for himself, Mr. Schmidt, Ms. Norton, and Ms. McBride) 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 establish a national strategy for combating 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 ``National Strategy for Combating Scams Act of 2025''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. Congress finds the following: (1) More than 4 in 10 individuals in the United States, an estimated 141,500,000 adults, say they have lost money to scams or had sensitive information obtained and used fraudulently. (2) Consumers reported losing more than $12,000,000,000 to fraud in 2024, a 25 percent increase over the prior year, with imposter scams being the most commonly reported scam category. (3) Criminals are increasingly using Generative Artificial Intelligence to conduct scams, including hyper-realistic voice deepfakes to manipulate victims. (4) Scams harm all people of the United States, but can particularly affect older adults by harming their mental health and by forcing them to live with fewer resources. (5) The Government Accountability Office found that there are at least 13 agencies engaged in a range of activities rela