[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7352 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]
H.R.7352
One Hundred Seventeenth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE SECOND SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Monday,
the third day of January, two thousand and twenty-two
An Act
To amend the Small Business Act to extend the statute of limitation for
fraud by borrowers under the Paycheck Protection Program, and for other
purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``PPP and Bank Fraud Enforcement
Harmonization Act of 2022''.
SEC. 2. FRAUD ENFORCEMENT HARMONIZATION.
(a) Paycheck Protection Program.--Section 7(a)(36) of the Small
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(a)(36)) is amended by adding at the end the
following new subparagraph:
``(W) Fraud enforcement harmonization.--Notwithstanding any
other provision of law, any criminal charge or civil
enforcement action alleging that a borrower engaged in fraud
with respect to a covered loan guaranteed under this paragraph
shall be filed not later than 10 years after the offense was
committed.''.
(b) Paycheck Protection Program Second Draw Loans.--Section
7(a)(37) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(a)(37)) is amended by
adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
``(P) Fraud enforcement harmonization.--Notwithstanding any
other provision of law, any criminal charge or civil
enforcement action alleging that a borrower engaged in fraud
with respect to a covered loan guaranteed under this paragraph
shall be filed not later than 10 years after the offense was
committed.''.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.