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    <item congress="119" measure-type="s" measure-number="121" measure-id="id119s121" originChamber="SENATE" orig-publish-date="2025-01-16" update-date="2025-03-24">
        <title>Recover Fraudulent COVID Funds Act</title>
        <summary summary-id="id119s121v00" currentChamber="SENATE" update-date="2025-03-24">
            <action-date>2025-01-16</action-date>
            <action-desc>Introduced in Senate</action-desc>
            <summary-text><![CDATA[<p><strong>Recover Fraudulent COVID Funds Act</strong></p><p>This bill extends the statute of limitations (i.e., time limit for bringing a legal action) to 10 years for criminal and civil&nbsp;violations involving specified COVID-19 pandemic relief programs, such as violations involving fraudulent activity.  Under current law, the statute of limitations is generally five years for violations concerning&nbsp;these pandemic-era programs. The Paycheck Protection Program and the Economic&nbsp;Injury Disaster Loan Program currently have 10-year statutes of limitations relating to program&nbsp;fraud.</p><p></p>]]></summary-text>
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