A bill to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize the use of funds under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program to establish elder justice task forces, and for other purposes.
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Latest Action · June 17, 2026
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
This bill amends federal law to allow police departments and law enforcement agencies to use existing grant money from the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program to create and run special task forces focused on preventing financial crimes against seniors aged 60 and older. These task forces would investigate scams, fraud, and financial exploitation targeting elderly people and could coordinate with local police, state prosecutors, adult protective services, and federal agencies like the FBI and Federal Trade Commission. The bill requires organizations receiving these grants to report detailed information about their work, including how many cases they started and resolved, how many victims they helped, what types of scams were involved, and whether any cases involved organized or international crime networks. The Attorney General must then compile this information and submit an annual summary report to Congress. The legislation does not create new funding but redirects existing grant money to this specific elder fraud prevention purpose.
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