{"format":1,"id":"119-hr-1156","congress":119,"number":"H.R. 1156","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"Pandemic Unemployment Fraud Enforcement Act","title_source":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","official_title":"To amend the CARES Act to extend the statute of limitations for fraud under certain unemployment programs, and for other purposes.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"To amend the CARES Act to extend the statute of limitations for fraud under certain unemployment programs, and for other purposes."},{"type":"Official Title from EH (Engrossed in House) bill text","title":"To amend the CARES Act to extend the statute of limitations for fraud under certain unemployment programs, and for other purposes."},{"type":"Short Title(s) from PCS (Placed on Senate Calendar) bill text","title":"Pandemic Unemployment Fraud Enforcement Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"Pandemic Unemployment Fraud Enforcement Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Reported to House","title":"Pandemic Unemployment Fraud Enforcement Act"},{"type":"Display Title","title":"Pandemic Unemployment Fraud Enforcement Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"Pandemic Unemployment Fraud Enforcement Act"}],"outcome":"passed_house","law_number":null,"introduced":"2025-02-10","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2025-03-11","vote":{"id":"119-2025-h68","question":"On Passage","title":"Pandemic Unemployment Fraud Enforcement Act","result":"Passed","yea":295,"nay":127,"present":0,"not_voting":10,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2025/roll068.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"pending","date":null,"vote":null}},"president":{"status":"not_yet","date":null},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 29.","date":"2025-03-13"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[],"crs_summary":{"date":"2025-02-10","stage":"Introduced in House","blocks":[{"k":"h","t":"Pandemic Unemployment Fraud Enforcement Act"},{"k":"p","t":"This bill extends from 5 to 10 years the statute of limitations for federal criminal charges or civil enforcement actions for fraud related to several unemployment insurance programs that were established during the COVID-19 pandemic."},{"k":"p","t":"The extension applies to Pandemic Unemployment Assistance, Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation, Mixed Earners Unemployment Compensation, and Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation. The bill extends the statute of limitations for (1) criminal charges related to fraud, including aggravated identity theft, wire fraud, and conspiracy to commit fraud; and (2) civil actions involving false claims. However, the bill does not apply to a criminal prosecution or civil enforcement action if the applicable statute of limitations expired before the date of the bill's enactment."},{"k":"p","t":"Additionally, the bill rescinds specified unobligated funds that were provided in the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 to the Department of Labor for anti-fraud and program integrity activities."}],"words":149},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Amends the CARES Act to require that criminal prosecutions and civil enforcement actions for specified fraud offenses involving certain pandemic unemployment programs be brought within 10 years of the violation, and rescinds $5,000,000 of unobligated funds.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1156/text/eh#H34C2230108EA480C897F5BF4FACDC16F"},{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1156/text/eh#H18516DD3C2AC40A485B612ED6236E4E7"}]},"core_areas":["Statute of limitations for fraud involving pandemic unemployment programs","Rescission of unobligated funds"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Adds a subsection to section 2102 of the CARES Act requiring prosecutions and civil enforcement actions for listed fraud offenses tied to claims funded by pandemic unemployment assistance to be brought within 10 years of the violation or conspiracy.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1156/text/eh#H34C2230108EA480C897F5BF4FACDC16F"}},{"text":"Applies the same 10-year deadline to claims funded in whole or in part by Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation or Mixed Earner Unemployment Compensation, by adding a paragraph to section 2104(f) of the CARES Act.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1156/text/eh#H34C2230108EA480C897F5BF4FACDC16F"}},{"text":"Applies the same 10-year deadline to claims funded in whole or in part by Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation, by adding a paragraph to section 2107(e) of the CARES Act.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1156/text/eh#H34C2230108EA480C897F5BF4FACDC16F"}},{"text":"Does not apply the 10-year deadline to a prosecution or enforcement action whose existing statute of limitations expired before the date of enactment of the Act.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1156/text/eh#H34C2230108EA480C897F5BF4FACDC16F"}},{"text":"Rescinds $5,000,000 from the unobligated balances of amounts made available by section 2118(a) of title II of division A of Public Law 116–136, as added by section 9032 of Public Law 117–2.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1156/text/eh#H18516DD3C2AC40A485B612ED6236E4E7"}},{"text":"Provides that the amendments made by the Act take effect on the date of enactment.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 4","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1156/text/eh#H42EB9DEA6E964F67931A449943EF1C64"}}],"unexpected":[],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2025-03-11","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1156/text/eh"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-09-29","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1156","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1156/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/119-hr-1156.png","v":"3eccd3139e8f","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 1156, 119th Congress: Pandemic Unemployment Fraud Enforcement Act. House: 295 Yea, 127 Nay. Senate: not yet considered. Outcome: Passed House, 11 Mar 2025."}}