Support the Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act

Fight Fraud

The Senate has overwhelmingly approved the Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act, bringing us one step closer to providing federal law enforcers with the resources they need to go after the white-collar criminals who have wreaked so much havoc on our economy and hard-working families.

Now it's up to the House of Representatives to adopt this strong bipartisan bill and send it to President Obama's desk for his signature into law.

Please email your Representative and urge him or her to support the Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act.

Thank you for taking action.

Subject:

Dear [ Decision Maker ],

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Federal law enforcers must have the resources they need to prosecute and punish the mortgage and corporate fraudsters that have so severely undermined our economy and hurt so many hard-working people.

Please adopt and support S. 386 -- the Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act -- in the House of Representatives, to rebuild our nation's capacity to investigate and prosecute financial fraud.

Left intact, this bill, which passed the Senate on April 28, 2009 by a 92-4 margin, will:

* Authorize an additional $245 million a year to hire hundreds of federal investigators, prosecutors, and staff to fight fraud,
* Fill in statutory gaps to account for modern types of fraud and correct erroneous court decisions,
* Update the definition of "financial institution" in federal fraud statutes to include all mortgage lending businesses, and
* Protect federal recovery funding from fraudulent use.

Top law enforcement coalitions and anti-fraud experts support this common sense legislation, as does President Obama. I hope you will join them.

Sincerely,
[Your name]
[Your address]

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