All Roll Calls
Yes: 295 • No: 127
HR1156119th CongressWALLET
Pandemic Unemployment Fraud Enforcement Act
Sponsored By: Representative Smith (MO)
Passed House
Summary
Extends the window to pursue pandemic unemployment fraud to 10 years. This bill would create a 10-year statute of limitations for criminal prosecutions and civil enforcement actions tied to claims funded in whole or in part by Pandemic Unemployment Assistance, Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation, Mixed Earners Unemployment Compensation, and Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation.
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.
Longer window to prosecute pandemic unemployment fraud
If enacted, prosecutors could bring unemployment fraud cases for up to 10 years after the offense. This would cover claims paid by pandemic programs: PUA, FPUC, MEUC, and PEUC. It would reach both criminal and civil cases under listed federal fraud laws. It would start on the enactment date and would not revive cases already time-barred.
$5 million cut to pandemic unemployment funds
On enactment, the government would take back $5 million from unused pandemic unemployment funds named in earlier laws. This would be a one-time reduction of unobligated balances. It would not create new fees or change individual benefits directly.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Smith (MO)
MO • R
Cosponsors
LaHood
IL • R
Sponsored 2/10/2025
Yakym
IN • R
Sponsored 2/10/2025
Bean (FL)
FL • R
Sponsored 2/10/2025
Moran
TX • R
Sponsored 2/10/2025
Van Duyne
TX • R
Sponsored 2/10/2025
Feenstra
IA • R
Sponsored 2/10/2025
Carey
OH • R
Sponsored 2/10/2025
Miller (OH)
OH • R
Sponsored 2/10/2025
Steube
FL • R
Sponsored 2/10/2025
Buchanan
FL • R
Sponsored 2/10/2025
Tenney
NY • R
Sponsored 2/10/2025
Smith (NE)
NE • R
Sponsored 2/10/2025
Miller (WV)
WV • R
Sponsored 2/10/2025
Smucker
PA • R
Sponsored 2/10/2025
Kustoff
TN • R
Sponsored 2/10/2025
Malliotakis
NY • R
Sponsored 2/10/2025
Murphy
NC • R
Sponsored 2/10/2025
Moore (UT)
UT • R
Sponsored 2/10/2025
Estes
KS • R
Sponsored 2/10/2025
Kelly (PA)
PA • R
Sponsored 2/10/2025
Hern (OK)
OK • R
Sponsored 2/10/2025
Arrington
TX • R
Sponsored 2/10/2025
Fitzpatrick
PA • R
Sponsored 2/10/2025
Fischbach
MN • R
Sponsored 2/10/2025
Schweikert
AZ • R
Sponsored 2/10/2025
Roll Call Votes
house vote • 3/11/2025
On Passage
Yes: 295 • No: 127
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