- Record: Senate Floor
- Section type: Amendments
- Chamber: Senate
- Date: April 29, 2026
- Congress: 119th Congress
- Why this source matters: This section came from the Senate floor portion of the record.
SA 5438. Mr. THUNE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the executive resolution S. Res. 690, authorizing the en bloc consideration in Executive Session of certain nominations on the Executive Calendar; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 5, beginning on line 4 strike the following:
“(25) Calendar Number 678: Brian Birdwell, of Texas, to be
an Assistant Secretary of Defense.
(26) Calendar Number 679: Mark Ditlevson, of Minnesota, to
be an Assistant Secretary of Defense.”
SA 5439. Mr. THUNE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the executive resolution S. Res. 690, authorizing the en bloc consideration in Executive Session of certain nominations on the Executive Calendar; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
In the matter proposed to be stricken, strike lines 2
through 3.
SA 5440. Ms. ERNST proposed an amendment to the bill S. 1199, to extend the statute of limitations for fraud under certain pandemic programs, and for other purposes; as follows:
Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the
following:
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “SBA Fraud Enforcement
Extension Act”.
SEC. 2. STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS FOR CERTAIN PROGRAMS.
(a) Shuttered Venue Operators.—Section 324 of division N
of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (15 U.S.C.
9009a) is amended by adding at the end the following:
“(g) Statute of Limitations.—Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, any criminal prosecution or civil
enforcement action for a violation of, or conspiracy to
violate, section 371, 641, 1001, 1028A, 1029, 1341, 1343,
1349, 1956, or 1957 of title 18, United States Code, or
section 3729 or 3802 of title 31, United States Code, with
respect to any grant for shuttered venue operators under this
section shall be filed not later than 10 years after the date
of the violation or conspiracy.”.
(b) Restaurant Revitalization.—Section 5003 of the
American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (15 U.S.C. 9009c) is amended
by adding at the end the following:
“(d) Statute of Limitations.—Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, any criminal prosecution or civil
enforcement action for a violation of, or conspiracy to
violate, section 371, 641, 1001, 1028A, 1029, 1341, 1343,
1349, 1956, or 1957 of title 18, United States Code, or
section 3729 or 3802 of title 31, United States Code, with
respect to any restaurant revitalization grant under this
section shall be filed not later than 10 years after the date
of the violation or conspiracy.”.
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.