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EconomyH.R. 8873Comments

Recover COVID Unemployment Fraud in Banks Act

Official title: To recover unclaimed pandemic-era unemployment compensation funds held by financial institutions or escheated to State unclaimed property administrators, and for other purposes.

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Where the Bill Stands

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  4. Outcome, current stage

What This Bill Does

This bill extends to 10 years the statute of limitations for federal criminal charges or civil enforcement actions for fraud related to several unemployment insurance programs that were established during the COVID-19 pandemic. The bill also establishes a task force to locate fraudulent payments and develop strategies to recover such payments.

The extension applies to Pandemic Unemployment Assistance, Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation, Mixed Earners Unemployment Compensation, and Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation. The bill extends the statute of limitations for (1) criminal charges related to fraud, including aggravated identity theft, wire fraud, and conspiracy to commit fraud (currently subject to a 5-year statute of limitations); and (2) civil actions involving false claims (currently subject to a 6-year statute of limitations). However, the bill does not apply to a criminal prosecution or civil enforcement action if the applicable statute of limitations expired before the date of the bill's enactment.

The task force established by this bill must

  • coordinate with state agencies to identify federal pandemic unemployment compensation payments held by financial institutions and other entities or held by state agencies responsible for unclaimed property,
  • coordinate with federal agencies to develop model processes that result in the cost-effective recovery of such payments,
  • issue guidance to financial institutions on legal pathways for returning such payments, and
  • issue guidance to state unclaimed property agencies on their obligation to review and return such payments.

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Timeline

  1. SenateReceived in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
  2. House floor actionsMr. Smith (MO) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
  3. Passed the House
  4. House floor actionsReported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 119-671.
  5. House committee actionsCommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
  6. Library of CongressIntroduced in House
  7. House floor actionsReferred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
  8. Introduced
  9. Committee

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