Protecting Indian Tribes from Scams Act

II Calendar No. 215 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. 1880 To direct the Federal Trade Commission to submit to Congress a report on unfair or deceptive acts or practices targeted at Indian Tribes or members of Indian Tribes, and for other purposes. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES MAY 27, 2021 Mr. LUJA´N (for himself, Mr. MORAN, Mr. TESTER, and Mr. DAINES) intro- duced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Com- mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation DECEMBER 17, 2021 Reported by Ms. CANTWELL, with an amendment [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] A BILL To direct the Federal Trade Commission to submit to Con- gress a report on unfair or deceptive acts or practices targeted at Indian Tribes or members of Indian Tribes, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:29 Dec 19, 2021 Jkt 029200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1880.RS S1880 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 2 •S 1880 RS SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 1 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Protecting Indian 2 Tribes from Scams Act’’. 3 SEC. 2. PROTECTING INDIAN TRIBES FROM UNFAIR OR DE- 4 CEPTIVE ACTS OR PRACTICES. 5 (a) FTC REPORT ON UNFAIR OR DECEPTIVE ACTS 6 OR PRACTICES TARGETING INDIAN TRIBES.—Not later 7 than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, 8 and after consultation with Indian Tribes, the Commission 9 shall make publicly available on the website of the Com- 10 mission and submit to the appropriate committees of Con- 11 gress a report on unfair or deceptive acts or practices tar- 12 geted at Indian Tribes or members of Indian Tribes, in- 13 cluding— 14 (1) a description of the types of unfair or de- 15 ceptive acts or practices identified by the Commis- 16 sion as being targeted at Indian Tribes or members 17 of Indian Tribes; 18 (2) a description of the consumer education ac- 19 tivities of the Commission with respect to such acts 20 or practices; 21 (3) a description of the efforts of the Commis- 22 sion to collaborate with Indian Tribes to prevent 23 such acts or practices or to pursue persons using 24 such acts or practices; 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:29 Dec 19, 2021 Jkt 029200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6401 E:\BILLS\S1880.RS S1880 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 3 •S 1880 RS (4) a summary of the enforcement actions 1 taken by the Commission related to such acts or 2 practices; and 3 (5) any recommendations for legislation to pre- 4 vent such acts or practices. 5 (b) INCREASING AWARENESS OF UNFAIR OR DECEP- 6 TIVE ACTS OR PRACTICES TARGETING INDIAN TRIBES.— 7 Not later than 6 months after the date of the submission 8 of the report required by subsection (a), the Commission 9 shall update the website of the Commission to include in- 10 formation for consumers and businesses on identifying 11 and avoiding unfair or deceptive acts or practices targeted 12 at Indian Tribes or members of Indian Tribes. 13 (c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 14 (1) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CON- 15 GRESS.—The term ‘‘appropriate committees of Con- 16 gress’’ means— 17 (A) the Committee on Commerce, Science, 18 and Transportation of the Senate; 19 (B) the Committee on Indian Affairs of the 20 Senate; 21 (C) the Committee on Energy and Com- 22 merce of the House of Representatives; and 23 (D) the Committee on Natural Resources 24 of the House of Representatives. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:29 Dec 19, 2021 Jkt 029200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6401 E:\BILLS\S1880.RS S1880 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 4 •S 1880 RS (2) COMMISSION.—The term ‘‘Commission’’ 1 means the Federal Trade Commission. 2 (3) INDIAN TRIBE.—The term ‘‘Indian Tribe’’ 3 has the meaning given that term in section 102 of 4 the Federally Recognized Indian Tribe List Act of 5 1994 (25 U.S.C. 5130). 6 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 7 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Protecting Indian Tribes 8 from Scams Act’’. 9 SEC. 2. PROTECTING INDIAN TRIBES FROM UNFAIR OR DE- 10 CEPTIVE ACTS OR PRACTICES. 11 (a) FTC REPORT ON UNFAIR OR DECEPTIVE ACTS OR 12 PRACTICES TARGETING INDIAN TRIBES.—Not later than 1 13 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, and after 14 consultation with Indian Tribes, the Commission shall 15 make publicly available on the website of the Commission 16 and submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a re- 17 port on unfair or deceptive acts or practices targeted at In- 18 dian Tribes or members of Indian Tribes, including— 19 (1) a description of the types of unfair or decep- 20 tive acts or practices identified by the Commission as 21 being targeted at Indian Tribes or members of Indian 22 Tribes; 23 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:29 Dec 19, 2021 Jkt 029200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6203 E:\BILLS\S1880.RS S1880 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 5 •S 1880 RS (2) a description of the consumer education ac- 1 tivities of the Commission with respect to such acts or 2 practices; 3 (3) a description of the efforts of the Commission 4 to collaborate with Indian Tribes to prevent such acts 5 or practices or to pursue persons using such acts or 6 practices; 7 (4) a summary of the enforcement actions taken 8 by the Commission related to such acts or practices; 9 and 10 (5) any recommendations for legislation to pre- 11 vent such acts or practices. 12 (b) INCREASING AWARENESS OF UNFAIR OR DECEP- 13 TIVE ACTS OR PRACTICES TARGETING INDIAN TRIBES.— 14 Not later than 6 months after the date of the submission 15 of the report required by subsection (a), the Commission 16 shall update the website of the Commission to include infor- 17 mation for consumers and businesses on identifying and 18 avoiding unfair or deceptive acts or practices targeted at 19 Indian Tribes or members of Indian Tribes. 20 (c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 21 (1) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS.— 22 The term ‘‘appropriate committees of Congress’’ 23 means— 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:29 Dec 19, 2021 Jkt 029200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6203 E:\BILLS\S1880.RS S1880 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 6 •S 1880 RS (A) the Committee on Commerce, Science, 1 and Transportation of the Senate; 2 (B) the Committee on Indian Affairs of the 3 Senate; 4 (C) the Committee on Energy and Com- 5 merce of the House of Representatives; and 6 (D) the Committee on Natural Resources of 7 the House of Representatives. 8 (2) COMMISSION.—The term ‘‘Commission’’ 9 means the Federal Trade Commission. 10 (3) INDIAN TRIBE.—The term ‘‘Indian Tribe’’ 11 has the meaning given that term in section 4 of the 12 Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance 13 Act (25 U.S.C. 5304). 14 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:29 Dec 19, 2021 Jkt 029200 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6203 E:\BILLS\S1880.RS S1880 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:29 Dec 19, 2021 Jkt 029200 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6203 E:\BILLS\S1880.RS S1880 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS Calendar No. 215 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. 1880 A BILL To direct the Federal Trade Commission to submit to Congress a report on unfair or deceptive acts or practices targeted at Indian Tribes or mem- bers of Indian Tribes, and for other purposes. DECEMBER 17, 2021 Reported with an amendment VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:29 Dec 19, 2021 Jkt 029200 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 6651 Sfmt 6651 E:\BILLS\S1880.RS S1880 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS