[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4495 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4495

 To extend the statute of limitations for fraud under certain pandemic 
                   programs, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 17, 2025

  Mr. Downing (for himself and Mr. Conaway) introduced the following 
      bill; which was referred to the Committee on Small Business

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                                 A BILL


 
 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.''.
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