HR 4495
Passed a chamber
Extends to 10 years the deadline for filing criminal and civil cases over fraud tied to certain Small Business Administration pandemic grants for shuttered venue operators and restaurants.
Official title: SBA Fraud Enforcement Extension Act
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Introduced
17-JUL-2025
Referred
17-JUL-2025
Approved by committee
22-JUL-2025
Reported
15-AUG-2025
On the calendar
15-AUG-2025
Passed
01-DEC-2025
Senate
Received
02-DEC-2025
- Sets a 10-year limit for filing criminal prosecutions and civil enforcement actions over violations or conspiracies involving shuttered venue operator grants under Section 324 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021.
- Applies the same 10-year filing limit to violations or conspiracies involving restaurant revitalization grants under Section 5003 of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021.
- Covers listed federal fraud, false statement, money laundering, and false claims offenses in Titles 18 and 31 of the U.S. Code, and overrides any other limitations provision for those cases.
Covers an older version. The newest CRS summary describes the bill as of "Reported to House" (15-AUG-2025); the text has changed since (Engrossed in House, 01-DEC-2025).
CRS is the Library of Congress's nonpartisan research office. Read it on congress.gov- Small Business Committee (House)
Commerce
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