Extends the deadline to prosecute pandemic unemployment fraud from 5 to 10 years

§1What it does

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This bill would give the federal government 10 years, instead of 5, to bring criminal charges or civil cases over fraud involving four unemployment benefit programs created during the COVID-19 pandemic, including Pandemic Unemployment Assistance and Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation.^2,3,4 The longer deadline would apply to crimes such as wire fraud, aggravated identity theft and conspiracy, and to civil false-claims cases, but not to cases whose deadline had already passed when the bill became law.^2,3 As a budget offset, the version the House passed cancels $5 million in unspent Labor Department anti-fraud and program integrity funds provided by the 2021 American Rescue Plan Act.^2,3

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§3How Congress voted

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