H.R. 1156 — Pandemic Unemployment Fraud Enforcement Act

This section establishes the short title of the Act as the “Pandemic Unemployment Fraud Enforcement Act.”

This section extends the statute of limitations for criminal prosecutions and civil enforcement actions involving fraud or related conspiracies tied to unemployment compensation claims funded in whole or in part by Pandemic Unemployment Assistance under section 2102 of the CARES Act (15 U.S.C. 9021), Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation and Mixed Earner Unemployment Compensation under section 2104 of the CARES Act (15 U.S.C. 9023), and Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation under section 2107 of the CARES Act (15 U.S.C. 9025), to 10 years after the date of the violation or conspiracy. (Thus, prosecutors and civil enforcement agencies would have 10 years to bring actions under specified federal fraud statutes, including 18 U.S.C. §§ 371, 641, 1028A, 1029, 1341, 1343, 1344, 1349, 1956, and 1957, and 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729 and 3801, for covered unemployment claims.) The section does not revive cases for which the applicable statute of limitations expired before enactment of the Pandemic Unemployment Fraud Enforcement Act.

This section rescinds $5 million from unobligated balances made available under section 2118(a) of title II of division A of Public Law 116-136, as added by section 9032 of Public Law 117-2.

This section provides that the amendments made by this Act take effect on the date of enactment of this Act.