Starting on September 27, 2010, new telemarketing sales rules will take affect. The rules covers telemarketers of for-profit debt relief services, including credit counseling, debt settlement, and debt negotiation services. The rules will: require debt relief companies to make disclosures to consumers; prohibit them from misrepresenting their services; and extend the Telemarketing Sales Rule to cover incoming calls consumers make to these firms in response to debt relief advertising. Also, on October 27, 2010, for-profit companies that sell debt relief services over the telephone may no longer... Read More »
Hopefully, there are a few good Georgia students who would want to represent the state as a White House intern in the spring. The application deadline is October 3. For information on how to apply, click this link. Congressman Scott's office is also accepting applications for winter and spring interns. Read More »
The House Committee on House Administration (CHA) is hosting a Vendor Diversity Procurement Webinar on Wednesday, September 22, 2010 from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. There are thousands of opportunities for private contractors to provide goods and services to the Federal government each year. This session will focus on the contracts available in the offices of the Architect of the Capitol (AOC), the Chief Administrative Officer (CAO), the General Services Administration (GSA), and the Small Business Administration (SBA). This seminar will teach you how to qualify for the small and minority business... Read More »
Congressman Scott recently voted for H.R. 6080, which provides needed security for the US-Mexico border. The new law will: Help hire 1,000 new Border Patrol agents to permanently patrol our southern border and 250 new Customs and Border Protection agents for our ports of entry. It will also create a “strike force” that will be deployed in different areas of the Southwest border depending on where the need is greatest at any particular moment. Provides funds to deploy unmanned drones to fly along our southern border and provide our patrol officers on the ground with real-time information on unl... Read More »
An overdraft occurs when you make a purchase or ATM transaction but don't have enough money in your account to pay for it. For a fee, your bank will cover you when you become overdrawn. This fee can apply each time you overdraw your account. New rules give debit and ATM card users additional options regarding overdrafts. The new rules You choose. In the past, some banks automatically enrolled you in their standard overdraft practices for all types of transactions when you opened an account. Under the new rules, your bank must first get your permission to apply its standard overdraft practices ... Read More »
The FDIC is hosting a series of seminars to provide information on how to be an FDIC Investor and/or Asset Purchaser and how to establish or acquire a minority depository institution. The FDIC is aggressively expanding outreach efforts to encourage participation of Minority and Women-Owned businesses, Minority Depository Institutions, investors and asset managers in: - Financial institution franchise marketing - Bidding process for portfolios of loans and other assets under FDIC structured sales - Purchasing other loan assets and Owned Real Estate (ORE) assets, and - Establishing or acquiring ... Read More »
You can read more about this by clicking on 11 Alive, the Atlanta Business Chronicle, and the Douglasville Neighbor. On July 28, Congressman Scott voted for supplemental FEMA funding for property buyouts in the Atlanta suburbs. The funding is included as a part of H.R. 4899, the Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2010. H.R. 4899 is now headed to the President’s desk to be signed into law. The Supplemental Appropriations Act includes $5.1 billion for the FEMA Disaster Relief Fund. Georgia has $33,255,079 worth of projects around the state that had been approved for mitigation, but not previousl... Read More »
Yesterday, I voted for important legislation to support thousands of U.S. manufacturing jobs. H.R. 4380, the U.S. Manufacturing Enhancement Act of 2010, contains hundreds of tariff suspensions and reductions that will help American companies manufacture and sell goods to continue growing and supporting American jobs. The bill received overwhelming bi-partisan support and is pending Senate action. Commonly referred to as the Miscellaneous Tariff Bill (MTB), this legislation is estimated to support tens of thousands of American jobs. These reductions and suspensions of import duties lower costs ... Read More »
July 26: The Georgia Department of Labor is currently working to identify those individuals who meet the eligibility requirements, as outlined in legislation. Individuals who meet the eligibility requirements will be notified by mail. Payments will be processed by July 30, 2010. Click here for more information. Update July 21...the Senate will finally pass unemployment insurance over a Republican filibuster. The House will follow and pass it today as well and send it to the President to become law. Benefits will be retroactive. Check back for more information or contact my office. Update July ... Read More »
Update July 27, 2010. Today, the House passed The Surface Transportation Earmark Rescission, Savings and Accountability Act, which rescinds $713 million in unobligated funding for 309 earmarks contained in previous surface transportation authorizations – thereby ensuring that these funds will not be used to increase spending in the future. On July 13, I voted to help pass S. 1508, Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Act. The bill would reduce waste, fraud and abuse from the lack of proper oversight in federal agencies. The bill increases transparency by lowering the improper payment thr... Read More »
