Sec. 1011. CRIMES AGAINST CHARITABLE AMERICANS
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## SEC. 1011 CRIMES AGAINST CHARITABLE AMERICANS **[**[15 U.S.C. 6101 note](/us/usc/t15/s6101)**]** ###
(a)Short Title This section may be cited as the “Crimes Against Charitable Americans Act of 2001”. ###
(b)Telemarketing and Consumer Fraud Abuse The Telemarketing and Consumer Fraud and Abuse Prevention Act (15 U.S.C. 6101 et seq.) is amended— ####
(1)in section 3(a)(2), by inserting after “practices” the second place it appears the following: “which shall include fraudulent charitable solicitations, and”; ####
(2)in section 3(a)(3)— #####
(A)in subparagraph (B), by striking “and” at the end; #####
(B)in subparagraph (C), by striking the period at the end and inserting “; and”; and #####
(C)by adding at the end the following: > > ##### “(D) > > a requirement that any person engaged in telemarketing for the solicitation of charitable contributions, donations, or gifts of money or any other thing of value, shall promptly and clearly disclose to the person receiving the call that the purpose of the call is to solicit charitable contributions, donations, or gifts, and make such other disclosures as the Commission considers appropriate, including the name and mailing address of the charitable organization on behalf of which the solicitation is made.” > ; and ####
(3)in section 7(4), by inserting “, or a charitable contribution, donation, or gift of money or any other thing of value,” after “services”. ###
(c)Red Cross Members or Agents Section 917 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking “one year” and inserting “5 years”. ###
(d)Telemarketing Fraud Section 2325(1) of title 18, United States Code, is amended— ####
(1)in subparagraph (A), by striking “or” at the end; ####
(2)in subparagraph (B), by striking the comma at the end and inserting “; or”; ####
(3)by inserting after subparagraph
(B)the following: > > ##### “(C) > > a charitable contribution, donation, or gift of money or any other thing of value,” > ; and ####
(4)in the flush language, by inserting “or charitable contributor, or donor” after “participant”.
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