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HR 4495 · introduced · significant

SBA Fraud Enforcement Extension Act

What this bill does

  • This bill extends the statute of limitations to 10 years for fraud cases involving two COVID-19 relief programs.
  • It affects prosecutors, defendants, and recipients of Shuttered Venue Operators Grants and Restaurant Revitalization Funds.
  • The change applies immediately to both criminal and civil fraud offenses related to these programs.

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Community Threads

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  1. 01

    How should prosecutors balance the extended 10-year timeline against the practical challenges of investigating fraud cases years after COVID relief funds were distributed?

  2. 02

    What evidence supports extending the statute of limitations specifically for these two programs rather than applying a uniform approach across all federal relief fraud?

  3. 03

    How might the retroactive application of this 10-year window affect individuals and businesses that believed their legal exposure had already expired?

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Troy Downing

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Introduced 2025-12-02

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Legislative timeline

  1. 2025-12-02 · senate · Calendars

    Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 281.

  2. 2025-12-01 · house · Floor

    Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

  3. 2025-12-01 · house · Floor

    On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4914-4916)

  4. 2025-12-01 · Floor

    Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4914-4916)

  5. 2025-12-01 · house · Floor

    DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4495.

  6. 2025-12-01 · house · Floor

    Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4914-4916)

  7. 2025-12-01 · house · Floor

    Mr. Williams (TX) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.

  8. 2025-08-15 · house · Calendars

    Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 184.

  9. 2025-08-15 · house · Committee

    Reported by the Committee on Small Business. H. Rept. 119-226.

  10. 2025-08-15 · Committee

    Reported by the Committee on Small Business. H. Rept. 119-226.

  11. 2025-07-22 · house · Committee

    Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 23 - 0.

  12. 2025-07-22 · house · Committee

    Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held

  13. 2025-07-17 · house · IntroReferral

    Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.

  14. 2025-07-17 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

  15. 2025-07-17 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

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