Extends time limit to pursue pandemic unemployment fraud

Gives federal officials 10 years instead of 5 to bring criminal or civil fraud cases tied to four pandemic unemployment programs, and cancels unspent anti-fraud money from a 2021 law.

• Time limit for criminal and civil fraud cases rises from 5 years to 10
• Applies to four jobless aid programs set up during the COVID-19 pandemic
• Does not cover cases whose time limit already ran out before the bill becomes law
• Cancels unspent money a 2021 law gave the Labor Department for anti-fraud work

Passed the House · Senate's turn

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