In the nature of a substitute.

SA 5440. Ms. ERNST proposed an amendment to the bill S. 1199, to
extend the statute of limitations for fraud under certain pandemic
programs, and for other purposes; as follows:

Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the
following:

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ``SBA Fraud Enforcement
Extension Act''.

SEC. 2. STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS FOR CERTAIN PROGRAMS.

(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 for shuttered venue operators 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 restaurant revitalization grant under this
section shall be filed not later than 10 years after the date
of the violation or conspiracy.''.
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