Recover Fraudulent COVID Funds Act has not moved since its introduction on Jan 16, 2025, with cosponsors from both parties
IntroducedJan 16, 2025
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What it changes · CRS summary
Written by the Congressional Research Service [2]. 78 words.
Recover Fraudulent COVID Funds Act This bill extends the statute of limitations (i.e., time limit for bringing a legal action) to 10 years for criminal and civil violations involving specified COVID-19 pandemic relief programs, such as violations involving fraudulent activity. Under current law, the statute of limitations is generally five years for violations concerning these pandemic-era programs. The Paycheck Protection Program and the Economic Injury Disaster Loan Program currently have 10-year statutes of limitations relating to program fraud.
Context
- Committees
- Senate Judiciary Committee
- Policy area
- Health: 122 of 9,357 bills became law, 113th–118th (1.3%)
- Sponsor
- 4 of 251 bills enacted since 2013
- Text versions
- 1: introduced in senate · 531 words
- Subjects
- Cardiovascular and respiratory healthCivil actions and liabilityCriminal investigation, prosecution, interrogationFraud offenses and financial crimesInfectious and parasitic diseases
- Latest action
- Jan 16, 2025: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
- Records
- Congress.gov · Bill text
Exhibit 1Passage odds band at each stage, rated when the bill reached it [4]
Related bills · 0
The bill status record lists no related bills.
Exhibit 2Articles naming the bill per day, last 90 days, US sources [3]