[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1199 Engrossed in Senate (ES)]
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119th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 1199
_______________________________________________________________________
AN ACT
To extend the statute of limitations for fraud under certain pandemic
programs, 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 ``SBA Fraud Enforcement Extension
Act''.
SEC. 2. STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS FOR CERTAIN PROGRAMS.
(a) Shuttered Venue Operators.--Section 324 of division N of the
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (15 U.S.C. 9009a) is amended by
adding at the end the following:
``(g) Statute of Limitations.--Notwithstanding any other provision
of law, any criminal prosecution or civil enforcement action for a
violation of, or conspiracy to violate, section 371, 641, 1001, 1028A,
1029, 1341, 1343, 1349, 1956, or 1957 of title 18, United States Code,
or section 3729 or 3802 of title 31, United States Code, with respect
to any grant for shuttered venue operators under this section shall be
filed not later than 10 years after the date of the violation or
conspiracy.''.
(b) Restaurant Revitalization.--Section 5003 of the American Rescue
Plan Act of 2021 (15 U.S.C. 9009c) is amended by adding at the end the
following:
``(d) Statute of Limitations.--Notwithstanding any other provision
of law, any criminal prosecution or civil enforcement action for a
violation of, or conspiracy to violate, section 371, 641, 1001, 1028A,
1029, 1341, 1343, 1349, 1956, or 1957 of title 18, United States Code,
or section 3729 or 3802 of title 31, United States Code, with respect
to any restaurant revitalization grant under this section shall be
filed not later than 10 years after the date of the violation or
conspiracy.''.
(c) Requirement.--Not later than 90 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, and every 90 days thereafter until the date that
is 5 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney
General shall submit to Congress a report on activities of the
Department of Justice relating to the shuttered venue operators program
under section 324 of division N of the Consolidated Appropriations Act,
2021 (15 U.S.C. 9009a) and the restaurant revitalization program under
section 5003 of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (15 U.S.C. 9009c),
which shall include--
(1) the total number of investigations initiated, the total
number of prosecutions initiated, the total dollar amount
recovered by prosecutions, and the total number of referrals
and source of such referrals; and
(2) with respect to such programs--
(A) the number of investigations initiated, the
number of prosecutions initiated, and the disposition
of each prosecution;
(B) the number of prosecutions and the number of
investigations of applicants of such programs in each
State and territory based on the address listed on the
application of the entity that is the subject of an
investigation or prosecution;
(C) the number of referrals--
(i) from the Department of Justice; and
(ii) from sources other than the Department
of Justice, such as the Inspector General of
another agency; and
(D) the disposition of each referral described in
subparagraph (C), specifically whether the referral
resulted in prosecution or declination.
Passed the Senate April 29, 2026.
Attest:
Secretary.
119th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 1199
_______________________________________________________________________
AN ACT
To extend the statute of limitations for fraud under certain pandemic
programs, and for other purposes.