S.Amdt. 3255

SA 3255. Ms. ERNST submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
her to the bill S. 2296, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2026 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy,
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of subtitle F of title X, add the following:

SEC. 1067. EXTENSION OF SBA FRAUD ENFORCEMENT.

(a) Shuttered Venue Operators.--Section 324 of division N
of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (15 U.S.C.
9009a) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(g) Statute of Limitations.--Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, any criminal prosecution or civil
enforcement action for a violation of, or conspiracy to
violate, section 371, 641, 1001, 1028A, 1029, 1341, 1343,
1349, 1956, or 1957 of title 18, United States Code, or
section 3729 or 3802 of title 31, United States Code, with
respect to any grant received or applied for under this
section shall be filed not later than 10 years after the date
of the violation or conspiracy.''.
(b) Restaurant Revitalization.--Section 5003 of the
American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (15 U.S.C. 9009c) is amended
by adding at the end the following:
``(d) Statute of Limitations.--Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, any criminal prosecution or civil
enforcement action for a violation of, or conspiracy to
violate, section 371, 641, 1001, 1028A, 1029, 1341, 1343,
1349, 1956, or 1957 of title 18, United States Code, or
section 3729 or 3802 of title 31, United States Code, with
respect to any grant received or applied for under this
section shall be filed not later than 10 years after the date
of the violation or conspiracy.''.
(c) Certain Economic Injury Disaster Loans.--Section 7 of
the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636) is amended--
(1) by redesignating the matter appearing between
paragraphs (12)(A) and (13) of subsection (a) and designated
as subsection (b) (relating to deferred participation in
loans) as subparagraph (B) and adjusting the margins 2 ems to
the right; and
(2) in the second subsection (b), relating to disaster
loans--
(A) by inserting after ``(b)'' the following: ``Federal
Disaster Loans.--''; and
(B) by striking the second paragraph (16), relating to the
statute of limitations, and inserting the following:
``(17) Statute of limitations.--Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, any criminal prosecution or civil
enforcement action for a violation of, or conspiracy to
violate, section 371, 641, 1001, 1028A, 1029, 1341, 1343,
1349, 1956, or 1957 of title 18, United States Code, or
section 3729 or 3802 of title 31, United States Code, in
which a borrower engaged in fraud with respect to a loan made
under this subsection in response to COVID-19 during the
covered period (as defined in section 1110(a) of the CARES
Act (15 U.S.C. 9009(a))) shall be filed not later than 10
years after the date of the violation or conspiracy.''.
(d) Paycheck Protection Program.--Section 7(a)(36) of the
Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(a)(36)) is amended by
striking subparagraph (W) and inserting the following:
``(W) Statute of limitations.--Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, any criminal prosecution or civil
enforcement action for a violation of, or conspiracy to
violate, section 371, 641, 1001, 1028A, 1029, 1341, 1343,
1349, 1956, or 1957 of title 18, United States Code, or
section 3729 or 3802 of title 31, United States Code, in
which a borrower engaged in fraud with respect to a covered
loan guaranteed under this paragraph shall be filed not later
than 10 years after the offense was committed.''.
(e) Paycheck Protection Program Second Draw Loans.--Section
7(a)(37) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(a)(37)) is
amended by striking subparagraph (P) and inserting the
following:
``(P) Statute of limitations.--Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, any criminal prosecution or civil
enforcement action for a violation of, or conspiracy to
violate, section 371, 641, 1001, 1028A, 1029, 1341, 1343,
1349, 1956, or 1957 of title 18, United States Code, or
section 3729 or 3802 of title 31, United States Code, in
which a borrower engaged in fraud with respect to a covered
loan guaranteed under this paragraph shall be filed not later
than 10 years after the offense was committed.''.
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