To require a report on Department of Justice activity relating to certain programs.

SA 5441. Ms. ERNST (for Mr. Markey) proposed an amendment to
amendment SA 5440 proposed by Ms. Ernst to the bill S. 1199, to extend
the statute of limitations for fraud under certain pandemic programs,
and for other purposes; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:
(c) Requirement.--Not later than 90 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, and every 90 days thereafter until the
date that is 5 years after the date of enactment of this Act,
the Attorney General shall submit to Congress a report on
activities of the Department of Justice relating to the
shuttered venue operators program under section 324 of
division N of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (15
U.S.C. 9009a) and the restaurant revitalization program under
section 5003 of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (15
U.S.C. 9009c), which shall include--
(1) the total number of investigations initiated, the total
number of prosecutions initiated, the total dollar amount
recovered by prosecutions, and the total number of referrals
and source of such referrals; and
(2) with respect to such programs--
(A) the number of investigations initiated, the number of
prosecutions initiated, and the disposition of each
prosecution;
(B) the number of prosecutions and the number of
investigations of applicants of such programs in each State
and territory based on the address listed on the application
of the entity that is the subject of an investigation or
prosecution;
(C) the number of referrals--
(i) from the Department of Justice; and
(ii) from sources other than the Department of Justice,
such as the Inspector General of another agency; and
(D) the disposition of each referral described in
subparagraph (C), specifically whether the referral resulted
in prosecution or declination.

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