S 1199 United States Senate · 119th Congress

SBA Fraud Enforcement Extension Act

This bill extends the statute of limitations for fraud enforcement related to two specific Small Business Administration (SBA) grant programs. It adds a 10-year time limit for criminal prosecutions or civil enforcement actions targeting violations of federal fraud, identity theft, or false claims laws (e.g., 18 U.S.C. §§ 371, 1028A, 1344, 1956) involving grants for shuttered venue operators (under the 2021 Consolidated Appropriations Act) and restaurant revitalization (under the American Rescue Plan Act). The bill directly affects recipients of these SBA grants by setting a clear 10-year window for legal action against alleged fraud. It does not change the grant programs themselves, only the timeframe for enforcing fraud-related penalties.

Issues: ✓ Criminal Justice

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2025

Committee Review

Mar 2026

Senate Passage

Apr 2026

House Passage

President

Introduced Mar 27, 2025 Last action May 4, 2026

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Introduced in Senate → Engrossed in Senate · 4 edits · Apr 29, 2026

MODERATE

The Senate engrossed version of S 1199 makes three main changes: it swaps one criminal statute for another in the statute of limitations provisions (adding false statements under 18 U.S.C. 1001 while removing wire fraud under 18 U.S.C. 1344), corrects a citation from 31 U.S.C. 3801 to 31 U.S.C. 3802, and adds a new requirement for the Attorney General to report every 90 days for five years on DOJ enforcement activity related to the shuttered venue operators and restaurant revitalization grant programs.

ENFORCEMENT

In both the shuttered venue operators and restaurant revitalization statute of limitations provisions, 18 U.S.C. 1344 (fraud by wire, radio, or television) was removed from the list of covered criminal statutes and 18 U.S.C. 1001 (false statements and fraud) was added in its place.

The citation to 31 U.S.C. 3801 was corrected to 31 U.S.C. 3802 in both provisions, which likely fixes a reference error to the correct false claims enforcement statute.

A new section (c) requires the Attorney General to submit a report to Congress every 90 days for five years after enactment detailing DOJ enforcement activity on both grant programs, including total investigations, prosecutions, dollar amounts recovered, state-by-state breakdowns based on application addresses, referral sources (DOJ and external such as other agency Inspectors General), and the disposition of each referral.

TECHNICAL

In both provisions, the language 'received under this section' was changed to 'under this section' and 'shall be brought' was changed to 'shall be filed,' which are minor drafting clarifications.

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This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).

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Committee

Apr 29, 2026

Upper · Passed

Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR S2108)

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Apr 29, 2026

Upper · Passed

Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.

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Mar 18, 2026

Upper · Passed

Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Hearings held.

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Feb 25, 2026

Upper · Passed

Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Hearings held.

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Dec 10, 2025

Upper · Passed

Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Hearings held.

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Jul 30, 2025

Upper · Passed

Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Reported by Senator Ernst with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.

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Jul 16, 2025

Upper · Passed

Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.

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Mar 27, 2025

Committee

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.

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Mar 27, 2025

Introduced

Introduced in Senate

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1 primary · 1 co-sponsor