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handle is hein.congrecreports/crptxaijx0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUT-ENTICATED US. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION GPO 119TH CONGRESS REPT.119-709 2d Session J HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Part 1 GUARDING UNPROTECTED AGING RETIREES FROM DECEPTION ACT OF 2026 JUNE 24, 2026.-Ordered to be printed Mr. HILL of Arkansas, from the Committee on Financial Services, submitted the following REPORT [To accompany H.R. 2978] [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office] The Committee on Financial Services, to whom was referred the bill (H.R. 2978) to permit State, local, and Tribal law enforcement agencies that receive eligible Federal grant funds to use such funds for investigating elder financial fraud, pig butchering, and general financial fraud, and to clarify that Federal law enforcement agen- cies may assist State, local, and Tribal law enforcement agencies in the use of tracing tools for blockchain and related technology, and for other purposes, having considered the same, reports favor- ably thereon with an amendment and recommends that the bill as amended do pass. CONTENTS Page Purpose and Sum m ary ........................................................................................... . 4 Background and Need for Legislation .................................................................... 4 Com m ittee Consideration ........................................................................................ 4 R elated H earings ..................................................................................................... 5 C om m ittee V otes ..................................................................................................... 5 Com m ittee Oversight Findings ............................................................................... 9 Perform ance Goals and Objectives ......................................................................... 9 Com m ittee Cost Estim ate ....................................................................................... 9 New Budget Authority and CBO Cost Estimate ................................................... 9 Unfunded M andates Statem ent .............................................................................. 11 Earm ark Statem ent ................................................................................................ 11 Federal Advisory Committee Act Statement ......................................................... 12 Applicability to the Legislative Branch ................................................................. 12 Duplication of Federal Program s ........................................................................... 12 Section-by-Section Analysis of the Legislation ..................................................... 12 Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill, as Reported ................. 13 Documents Included by Unanimous Consent ........................................................ 14 69-006