Bill Details
S.1199 - 119th Congress
Status
Latest action
2026-05-04 - Held at the desk.
Introduced Date
2025-03-27
Policy Area
Commerce
Committees
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Sponsors
8
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This bill gives federal prosecutors more time to investigate and bring fraud cases tied to two pandemic relief grant programs: aid for shuttered venues and aid for restaurants. It changes the deadline so criminal and civil fraud actions connected to these grants can be filed up to 10 years after the violation. The bill also requires the Attorney General to regularly report to Congress on how the Justice Department is handling these cases, including investigations, prosecutions, money recovered, and where the referrals came from.
- For both grant programs, the time limit for filing fraud cases is extended to 10 years from the date of the alleged wrongdoing.
- The extension covers a range of common fraud-related crimes, including false statements, wire fraud, mail fraud, identity theft, money laundering, and related conspiracy charges.
- The Attorney General must send Congress a report within 90 days after the law takes effect, and then every 90 days for 5 years.
- Those reports must include the number of investigations and prosecutions, how much money was recovered, the source of referrals, and how cases were handled in each state and territory.
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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1199 Engrossed in Senate (ES)]
<DOC>
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.