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H. Rept. 116-591 1 (2020-11-16)

handle is hein.congrecreports/crptxadml0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUTHENTICATED U.S. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION . 116TH CONGRESS REPORT 2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 116-591 COMBATING PANDEMIC SCAMS ACT OF 2020 NOVEMBER 16, 2020.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed Mr. PALLONE, from the Committee on Energy and Commerce, submitted the following R E P O R T [To accompany H.R. 6435] The Committee on Energy and Commerce, to whom was referred the bill (H.R. 6435) to direct the Federal Trade Commission to de- velop and disseminate information to the public about scams re- lated to COVID-19, and for other purposes, having considered the same, reports favorably thereon without amendment and rec- ommends that the bill do pass. CONTENTS Page I. Purpose and Sum m ary ............................................................................. 1 II. Background and Need for the Legislation .............................................. 2 III. Com m ittee H earings ................................................................................. 2 IV . Com m ittee Consideration ......................................................................... 3 V . C om m ittee V otes ....................................................................................... 3 V I. O versight Findings .................................................................................... 3 VII. New Budget Authority, Entitlement Authority, and Tax Expenditures 4 VIII. Federal M andates Statem ent ................................................................... 4 IX. Statement of General Performance Goals and Objectives ....................... 4 X. Duplication of Federal Program s ............................................................. 4 X I. Com m ittee Cost E stim ate .......................................................................... 4 XII. Earmarks, Limited Tax Benefits, and Limited Tariff Benefits ............... 4 XIII. Advisory Com m ittee Statem ent ............................................................... 4 XIV. Applicability to Legislative Branch ........................................................... 4 XV. Section-by-Section Analysis of the Legislation ......................................... 5 XVI. Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill, as Reported ...................... 5 I. PURPOSE AND SUMMARY H.R. 6435, the Combating Pandemic Scams Act of 2020, was in- troduced by Representatives Earl L. Buddy Carter (R-GA), Rich- ard Hudson (R-NC), Ann M. Kuster (D-NH), and Lisa Blunt Roch- ester (D-DE). H.R. 6435 aims to protect Americans, especially sen- ior citizens and people with infirmities and disabilities, from decep- 19-006