HR 4936
Cleared committee
Requires the Treasury Secretary to set up a task force within 90 days that studies payment scams, recommends prevention steps, and reports to Congress within a year.
Official title: TRAPS Act
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House
Introduced
08-AUG-2025
Referred
08-AUG-2025
Approved by committee
16-SEP-2026
- Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to establish the Task Force within 90 days of enactment, with members from federal financial and consumer regulators, the Department of Justice, banks, credit unions, digital payment networks, consumer groups, and scam victim support networks.
- Directs the Task Force to review scam methods such as spoofed calls, scam texts, and malicious ads, assess approaches used in other countries, and recommend consumer education and law enforcement coordination.
- Requires an initial report within one year of the Task Force's creation, with annual updates made public online.
- Ends the Task Force three years after it submits its required report.
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28 Republicans
- Don Bacon
- Andy Barr
- Vern Buchanan
- Monica De La Cruz
- Gabe Evans
- Brian K. Fitzpatrick
- Virginia Foxx
- Pat Harrigan
- Jennifer A. Kiggans
- Young Kim
- Michael Lawler
- Barry Loudermilk
- Frank D. Lucas
- Nicole Malliotakis
- Tracey Mann
- Daniel Meuser
- Tim Moore
- Maria Elvira Salazar
- Pete Sessions
- Adrian Smith
- Christopher H. Smith
- Bryan Steil
- William R. Timmons
- David G. Valadao
- Jefferson Van Drew
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28 Democrats
- Joyce Beatty
- Ami Bera
- Donald S. Beyer
- Suzanne Bonamici
- Janelle S. Bynum
- J. Luis Correa
- Jason Crow
- Sharice Davids
- Donald G. Davis
- Christopher R. Deluzio
- Adelita S. Grijalva
- James A. Himes
- William R. Keating
- George Latimer
- Seth Magaziner
- Dave Min
- Joe Neguse
- Brittany Pettersen
- Jamie Raskin
- Josh Riley
- Andrea Salinas
- David Scott
- Terri A. Sewell
- Brad Sherman
- Darren Soto