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SBA Fraud Enforcement Extension Act

Introduced Jul 17, 2025

Latest action (Dec 2, 2025) Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 281.

Referred to
Small Business Committee
Policy area
Commerce
Legislative subjects (4)
Administrative law and regulatory proceduresCriminal investigation, prosecution, interrogationFraud offenses and financial crimesSmall Business Administration

Summary

This act extends the statute of limitations for prosecuting fraud related to certain pandemic-era Small Business Administration programs. It establishes a 10-year time limit for filing criminal prosecution or civil enforcement actions for fraud involving Shuttered Venue Operators grants and Restaurant Revitalization grants. The act covers various federal crimes including false statements, identity theft, wire fraud, mail fraud, money laundering, and false claims related to these grant programs.

AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill text — neutral, and may be imperfect. See the full text below for the exact wording.

Sponsor (1)
2 cosponsors

Actions (13)
  1. Dec 2, 2025 Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 281. · senate
  2. Dec 1, 2025 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. · house
  3. Dec 1, 2025 On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4914-4916) · house
  4. Dec 1, 2025 Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4914-4916)
  5. Dec 1, 2025 DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4495. · house
  6. Dec 1, 2025 Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4914-4916) · house
  7. Dec 1, 2025 Mr. Williams (TX) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill. · house
  8. Aug 15, 2025 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 184. · house
  9. Aug 15, 2025 Reported by the Committee on Small Business. H. Rept. 119-226. · house
  10. Jul 22, 2025 Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 23 - 0. · house
  11. Jul 22, 2025 Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held · house
  12. Jul 17, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Small Business. · house
  13. Jul 17, 2025 Introduced in House

More bills on these subjects (8)

Other bills that carry the most legislative subjects in common with this one (topical discovery — distinct from the procedural related bills above).

  • S 1199 — SBA Fraud Enforcement Extension Act (shares 4 subjects)
  • HR 191 — Inflation Reduction Act of 2025 (shares 4 subjects)
  • HR 9770 — Continuing Appropriations Act, 2027 (shares 3 subjects)
  • HR 7006 — Financial Services and General Government and National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2026 (shares 3 subjects)
  • S 2882 — Continuing Appropriations and Extensions and Other Matters Act, 2026 (shares 3 subjects)
  • HR 5450 — Continuing Appropriations and Extensions and Other Matters Act, 2026 (shares 3 subjects)
  • HR 5166 — Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2026 (shares 3 subjects)
  • HR 1968 — Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025 (shares 3 subjects)

Similar bills (6)

Bills with similar text or summary — includes reintroductions across Congresses. Ranked by semantic similarity of the bill text (computed locally); a neutral discovery aid, not a claim the bills are duplicates.

  • S 1199 — SBA Fraud Enforcement Extension Act · Passed Senate May 4, 2026 · Cong. 119 88%
  • S 3173 — Stop 8(a) Contracting Fraud Act · Introduced Dec 10, 2025 · Cong. 119 65%
  • HR 7401 — Small Business Lending Fraud Prevention Act · Passed House Jul 13, 2026 · Cong. 119 65%
  • HR 7155 — Stop Fraud in Federal Programs Act of 2026 · Introduced Jan 20, 2026 · Cong. 119 64%
  • HR 7229 — Territorial SBA Loan Guaranty Adjustment Act of 2026 · Introduced Jan 22, 2026 · Cong. 119 62%
  • S 1047 — Assisting Small Businesses Not Fraudsters Act · Introduced Apr 1, 2025 · Cong. 119 60%

Text versions (4)
  • Placed on Calendar Senate · Dec 2, 2025
  • Engrossed in House · Dec 1, 2025
  • Reported in House · Aug 15, 2025
  • Introduced in House · Jul 17, 2025

Full text

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.”.

Passed the House of Representatives December 1, 2025.

Attest:

Clerk. 119th CONGRESS

1st Session

H. R. 4495

AN ACT

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

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