BGOV Bill Analysis: H.R. 4495, SBA Pandemic Relief Fraud

Federal prosecutors would have an additional five years to bring criminal and civil charges for defrauding Covid-19 relief programs for restaurants and small performance venues under H.R. 4495.

The measure specifically would extend to 10 years the statute of limitations for federal fraud and money laundering cases and civil enforcement actions involving the the Small Business Administration’s Restaurant Revitalizaton Fund and Shuttered Venue Operator grant programs. The programs, established by the fiscal 2021 omnibus spending law (Public Law 116-260; BGOV Bill Analysis), provided grants of up to $10 million to qualifying small businesses that experienced revenue ...