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President Biden signed H.R. 7334 and H.R. 7352 into law today, extending the statute of limitations for Paycheck Protection Program and COVID-19 Economic Injury Disaster Loan fraud from 5 years to 10 years. The 10-year statute of limitations is consistent with that for bank fraud, the charge in most of these cases.
In attendance at today’s signing were the Administrator for the Small Business Administration (SBA) Isabella Casillas Guzman; White House American Rescue Plan Coordinator Gene Sperling; and officials from the Office of Management and Budget, the SBA Office of Inspector General, the Department of Justice, and the Pandemic Response Accountability Committee (PRAC).
Michael E. Horowitz, Chair of the PRAC, welcomed this development, having previously called for passage of both bills earlier this year in separate testimony before the House and the Senate. “Holding wrongdoers accountable is central to the PRAC’s mission and extending the statute of limitations for pandemic-related fraud recognizes the magnitude of the fraud that we are investigating and the complexity of these cases.”
Learn more: PRAC Welcomes Newly-Passed Legislation Extending the Statute of Limitations on Pandemic Relief Fraud
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