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SBA Fraud Enforcement Extension Act
Summary
This bill extends the statute of limitations for prosecuting fraud related to certain Small Business Administration pandemic relief programs. The extension applies to fraud prosecutions related to the Shuttered Venue Operators grants, Restaurant Revitalization grants, Economic Injury Disaster Loans for COVID-19, and both the Paycheck Protection Program and its second draw loans. Instead of following standard federal criminal statutes of limitations, prosecutors and civil enforcement authorities would have 10 years from the date of the fraud to bring criminal charges or civil enforcement actions. The bill covers various types of fraud including wire fraud, mail fraud, identity theft, bank fraud, and conspiracy charges.
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Sponsor (1)
- Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA] (R-IA)
1 cosponsor
- Sen. McCormick, David [R-PA] (R-PA)
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to Joni Ernst’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- NULL $57,653
- CAPITAL GROUP $40,000
- SOROBAN CAPITAL $13,200
- CAPITAL GROUP COMPANIES $7,500
- GOOGLE $6,800
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Actions (15)
- May 4, 2026 Held at the desk. · house
- May 4, 2026 Received in the House. · house
- May 1, 2026 Message on Senate action sent to the House. · senate
- Apr 29, 2026 Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR S2108) · senate
- Apr 29, 2026 Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
- Apr 29, 2026 The committee substitute withdrawn by Unanimous Consent. · senate
- Apr 29, 2026 Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S2107-2108) · senate
- Mar 18, 2026 Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Hearings held. · senate
- Feb 25, 2026 Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Hearings held. · senate
- Dec 10, 2025 Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Hearings held. · senate
- Jul 30, 2025 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 134. · senate
- Jul 30, 2025 Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Reported by Senator Ernst with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report. · senate
- Jul 16, 2025 Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably. · senate
- Mar 27, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. · senate
- Mar 27, 2025 Introduced in Senate
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Committee action
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Meetings where this bill was on the agenda
- Hearings to examine sunshine week, focusing on bringing secret government spending to light, including S.766, to require an annual report of taxpayer-funded projects that are over budget and behind schedule, S.872, to amend the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 to ensure that other transaction agreements are reported to USAspending.gov, S.4059, to provide requirements for Executive agency spending at the end of a fiscal year, S.4130, to pub a public price tag on all projects supported with taxpayer dollars, and S.1199, to extend the statute of limitations for fraud under certain pandemic programs.
- Hearings to examine from fraud to recovery, focusing on restoring integrity in small business programs, including S.1199, to extend the statute of limitations for fraud under certain pandemic programs.
- Hearings to examine running government like a small business, focusing on waste and fraud, including S.1199, to extend the statute of limitations for fraud under certain pandemic programs, S.3173, to prohibit the Small Business Administration from awarding sole source contracts until the Administration conducts a full audit of and submits to Congress a report on the business development program, S.1991, to amend chapter 33 of title 31, United States Code, to require adequate information regarding payments of Federal funds.
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.”.
(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.
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