Extending the Time to Prosecute Pandemic Unemployment Fraud
Also known as: Pandemic Unemployment Fraud Enforcement Act
Legislative Progress
295–127
Key Points
- This bill gives the government more time to investigate and charge people who stole money from pandemic unemployment programs. It extends the deadline for bringing criminal or civil cases to 10 years after the fraud occurred.
- The law covers several programs created during the COVID-19 pandemic, including extra weekly payments and benefits for gig workers. It targets individuals and groups who lied to get benefits or took part in organized schemes to steal taxpayer money.
- By extending the deadline, lawmakers hope to recover billions of dollars that were lost to fraud when the government was rushing to send out aid. This gives investigators more time to follow complex paper trails and catch people who thought they had gotten away with it.
- The bill also takes back $5 million in unused money from previous pandemic relief funds to help balance the budget. These changes would take effect immediately if the bill is signed into law.
Milestones
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 29.
Received in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 295 - 127 (Roll no. 68). (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR H1093-1094)
Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 295 - 127 (Roll no. 68). (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR H1093-1094)
Vote Results
1 voteOn Passage
Source Information
Document Type
Congressional Bill
Official Title
Pandemic Unemployment Fraud Enforcement Act
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