Recover Fraudulent COVID Funds Act

Sponsored bySen. Lankford, James [R-OK]OK· Introduced 16 janvier 2025

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

16 janvier 2025·1 year ago

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Introduced in Senate · Updated 24 mars 2025

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.

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
16 janvier 2025 · IntroReferral
Introduced in Senate
16 janvier 2025 · IntroReferral

Sponsorship

16 cosponsors

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Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK]OK

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Democrat425%
Republican1275%

Democrat:Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH]NH
Democrat:Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]MN
Republican:Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX]TX
Republican:Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT]UT
Democrat:Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT]CT
Republican:Sen. Moody, Ashley [R-FL]FL
Republican:Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX]TX
Republican:Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC]SC
Republican:Sen. Husted, Jon [R-OH]OH
Republican:Sen. Kennedy, John [R-LA]LA
Republican:Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC]NC
Republican:Sen. Hawley, Josh [R-MO]MO
Republican:Sen. Johnson, Ron [R-WI]WI
Republican:Sen. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN]TN
Democrat:Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE]DE
Republican:Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA]IA

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Health

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Cardiovascular and respiratory healthCivil actions and liabilityCriminal investigation, prosecution, interrogationFraud offenses and financial crimesInfectious and parasitic diseases

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