Legislation· Sep 2026Sponsored by Zachary Nunn (R)
GUARD Act
Lets law enforcement use federal grant funds to investigate elder fraud and cryptocurrency scams.
Tradeoff
Expands use of existing law enforcement grant programs to target financial fraud and elder exploitation. Requires agencies to report results and FinCEN to study fraud trends.
What's in it
Costs $128 million over 2026-2031 in federal grants to state and local law enforcement for fraud investigation.
The $128 million funds grants to approximately 210 law enforcement agencies over six years, with each agency receiving an average of $225,000 to support financial fraud investigation staffing and tools.
Passed the House 414-7 on September 15, 2026 — sitting in the Senate.
House
Introduced
(Apr 21, 2025)
House
Committee on the Judiciary(Apr 21, 2025)
The bill went to more than one committee at the same time.
House
The Committee on Financial Services voted to send it to the floor
Reported 52 - 0(May 13, 2026)
Committee report H. Rept. 119-709, Part I.
House
On Motion to and Pass, as Amended
Passed(Roll #301 · Sep 15, 2026)
414 yeanay 7Senate
Received from the House
Received(Sep 16, 2026)
- Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ)
- Scott Fitzgerald (R-WI)
- Troy E. Nehls (R-TX)
- Jefferson Shreve (R-IN)
- Sarah McBride (D-DE)
- Daniel Meuser (R-PA)
- Roger Williams (R-TX)
- Barry Moore (R-AL)
- Laura Gillen (D-NY)
- Josh Harder (D-CA)
- Eric Sorensen (D-IL)
- Julia Brownley (D-CA)
- Andy Barr (R-KY)
- Glenn Grothman (R-WI)
- Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL)
- John W. Mannion (D-NY)
- Thomas R. Suozzi (D-NY)
- George Whitesides (D-CA)
- Derek Tran (D-CA)
- Gabe Vasquez (D-NM)
- Robert J. Wittman (R-VA)
- David G. Valadao (R-CA)
- Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ)
- Troy Downing (R-MT)
- Susie Lee (D-NV)
- Jahana Hayes (D-CT)
- Tim Moore (R-NC)
- Thomas P. Tiffany (R-WI)
- Marlin A. Stutzman (R-IN)
- Michael Lawler (R-NY)
- Adam Smith (D-WA)
- Jennifer A. Kiggans (R-VA)
- Tracey Mann (R-KS)
- Angie Craig (D-MN)
- Julie Johnson (D-TX)
- Monica De La Cruz (R-TX)
- Suhas Subramanyam (D-VA)
- Ashley Hinson (R-IA)
- Julie Fedorchak (R-ND)
- Sean Casten (D-IL)
- George Latimer (D-NY)
- Young Kim (R-CA)
- Ken Calvert (R-CA)
- Timothy M. Kennedy (D-NY)
- August Pfluger (R-TX)
- Derek Schmidt (R-KS)
- Glenn Ivey (D-MD)
- Gabe Evans (R-CO)
- Gary J. Palmer (R-AL)
- Gabe Amo (D-RI)
- Burgess Owens (R-UT)
- Dave Min (D-CA)
- Brett Guthrie (R-KY)
- Maggie Goodlander (D-NH)
Passage votes so far· Sep 15, 2026· 119th Congress · 2025–2027