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H.R. 2481119th CongressCommerce
Romance Scam Prevention Act
Sponsored by Rep. David G. Valadao (R-CA) · 9 active : 5 Republicans, 4 Democrats
Latest action: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Where it standsBefore the House65 representatives score as swing votes
Passed both chambers, awaiting the President
- House: passedJun 23, 2025
- Senate: passedSep 23, 2026
- President: Awaiting action
Summary
, via Congress.govRomance Scam Prevention Act
This bill requires online dating service providers (i.e., mobile applications or websites) to provide users with a fraud ban notification if the user has established an account with the service and received a message through the service from a banned user of the service.
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The fraud ban notification must include (1) the username or other profile identifier of the banned user and the most recent time when the user who is receiving the notification sent or received a message through the service to or from the banned user, (2) a statement that the banned user may have been using a false identity or attempting to defraud other users, (3) a statement that the user should not send cash (or another form of currency) or personal financial information to another user, (4) information about avoiding online fraud (e.g., a link to another website or a disclosure) and (5) contact information for the provider's customer service department.
The bill provides for enforcement of these requirements by the Federal Trade Commission and state attorneys general.
Committees and subjects
Committees
- House Committee on Energy and Commerce · HouseReported by · Markup by · Referred to
Subjects
- Civil actions and liability
- Consumer affairs
- Fraud offenses and financial crimes
- Internet, web applications, social media
- Licensing and registrations
Model
Directional: count only breaks toward the other partyWhy do scores change?v3default (selected)v2 model swing-v2
How the Senate breaks down
- 9Swing 70–100
- 62Middle 30–70
- 29Entrenched 0–30
Members fall into . All 100 senators have enough data to score. The bill is not before the Senate right now; these scores show where members would stand.
Key players in the Senate
Ranked by swing score, 0–100 · swing-v3, directional: only movement toward the other party counts, so members who sit further from the center than their party no longer score as swing votes.
Bars show each input from 0 to 100: ideology gap, scorecard gap, , and the . is the seat’s partisan lean, and shows how much of the input data a score has.
Similar past votes, Senate
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Cosponsors
9 activeShow all 9 cosponsors
- Brittany Pettersen (D-CO-7)
- Craig A. Goldman (R-TX-12)
- Thomas R. Suozzi (D-NY-3)
- Josh Harder (D-CA-9)
- Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ-6)
- David P. Joyce (R-OH-14)
- Susie Lee (D-NV-3)
- Jefferson Shreve (R-IN-6)
- Michael Lawler (R-NY-17)
How the swing score works
Ideology gapHow far a member’s DW-NOMINATE voting score sits from their party’s median in the same chamber.
Scorecard gapHow far their Heritage Action and LCV ratings stray from their party’s average, using the groups’ votes on similar bills where available.
Cross-pressureHow strongly their district or state leans toward the other party, from our own computed partisan lean.
Similar votesHow often they voted against their own party on earlier roll calls about this bill or similar ones.
Committee bonusMembers of the committees handling the bill decide whether it moves, so they get a boost.
Cosponsor checkThe sponsor and active cosponsors have already committed, so they drop toward entrenched.
