Fraudulent Covid Funds Recovery Act

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 5551 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 5551

To extend the statute of limitations for offenses relating to pandemic-
                      era programs to be 10 years.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

            December 17 (legislative day, December 16), 2024

Mr. Lankford (for himself and Ms. Ernst) introduced the following bill; 
  which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To extend the statute of limitations for offenses relating to pandemic-
                      era programs to be 10 years.

    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 ``Fraudulent Covid Funds Recovery 
Act''.

SEC. 2. STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS FOR OFFENSES RELATING TO PANDEMIC-ERA 
              PROGRAMS.

    (a) Definitions.--In this section--
            (1) the term ``pandemic-era law'' means--
                    (A) the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response 
                Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public Law 116-
                123; 134 Stat. 146);
                    (B) the Families First Coronavirus Response Act 
                (Public Law 116-127; 134 Stat. 177);
                    (C) the CARES Act (Public Law 116-136; 134 Stat. 
                281);
                    (D) the Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care 
                Enhancement Act (Public Law 116-139; 134 Stat. 620);
                    (E) divisions M and N of the Consolidated 
                Appropriations Act, 2021 (Public Law 116-260; 134 Stat. 
                1182);
                    (F) the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public 
                Law 117-2; 135 Stat. 4); or
                    (G) an amendment made by a law described in 
                subparagraphs (A) through (F); and
            (2) the term ``pandemic-era program offense'' means an 
        offense involving conduct that relates to or involves--
                    (A) a program, project, or activity that was 
                authorized or established by, or was carried out under, 
                a pandemic-era law; or
                    (B) funding provided under a pandemic-era law.
    (b) Extension of Statute of Limitations.--No person shall be 
prosecuted, tried, or punished for any pandemic-era offense unless the 
indictment is found or the information is instituted--
            (1) notwithstanding section 3282(a) of title 18, United 
        States Code, within 10 years after such offense shall have been 
        committed; or
            (2) within such longer period of years after such offense 
        shall have been committed as is otherwise provided by law.
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