6363 -- Protecting Immigrant Communities from Consumer Fraud Act of 2018 | Poliscope

Protecting Immigrant Communities from Consumer Fraud Act of 2018

6363

115th Congress

Immigration

In Committee

Legislative Progress

✓

Introduced

Committee

Floor Vote

Other Chamber

Enacted

Introduced

July 12, 2018

Latest Action

August 6, 2018

Primary Sponsor

Nydia M. VelázquezDemocratic(NY)

Momentum (last 30 days)

score

0 actions · 0 new cosponsors · 0 votes

Speed vs cohort

71pct

25d open

vs 7,393 other HR bills in the 115th — cohort avg 50d

Summary

Protecting Immigrant Communities from Consumer Fraud Act of 2018 This bill directs the Department of Justice to make grants for immigration consumer fraud information websites and hotlines. It also establishes a grant program to carry out an outreach campaign to provide: (1) access to legal resources, including free or low-cost legal resources for low-income individuals; (2) workshops educating the public on immigration consumer fraud; and (3) translation services. Grant recipients may not disclose or use personally identifiable information provided by individuals participating in outreach campaigns. The bill requires the Federal Trade Commission to impose and enforce requirements on immigration consultants relating to advertising of immigration services, contracts for such services, and the retention and disposal of client documents. Immigration consultants must disclose in advertising materials and contracts that they are not immigration attorneys and may not represent aliens before an immigration court or the Board of Immigration Appeals.

Lobbying filings that explicitly cite this bill (5)

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2024 · fourth_quarter · Agriculture

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Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets

2023 Farm Bill; Global food Security; nutrition; H.R. 6363, the Further Continuing Appropriations and Other Extensions Act, 2024, which extended the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018; H.R.4293 - American Farmers Feed the World Act of 2023; S.3207 the Foundation for International Food Security Act; S.4797 - Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2025; H.R.8771 - Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2025; H.R.9027, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2025; S.4690, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2025

Client expense: $72,724 · Firm income: Not reported

Subjects (13)

Administrative remedies

Census and government statistics

Citizenship and naturalization

Consumer affairs

Fraud offenses and financial crimes

Government information and archives

Government studies and investigations

Immigration status and procedures

Lawyers and legal services

Actions (3)

August 6, 2018

Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.

July 12, 2018

Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

July 12, 2018

Introduced in House

Congress.gov source codes: 1000, Intro-H