[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 75 (Wednesday, April 29, 2026)]
[Senate]
[Page S2137]
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  SA 5441. Ms. ERNST (for Mr. Markey) proposed an amendment to 
amendment SA 5440 proposed by Ms. Ernst to the bill S. 1199, to extend 
the statute of limitations for fraud under certain pandemic programs, 
and for other purposes; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:
       (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.

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