HR 7334 · 117th Congress 2021–2023, ended

COVID-19 EIDL Fraud Statute of Limitations Act of 2022

Introduced Mar 31, 2022 Originated House Became Public Law 117-165 Sponsor Blaine Luetkemeyer R-MO

Latest action · Aug 5, 2022 Became Public Law No: 117-165.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

IntroducedMar 31, 2022
Passed HouseJun 8, 2022
Passed SenateJul 28, 2022
To the PresidentAug 2, 2022
Became lawAug 5, 2022Public Law 117-165

Summary

Version

COVID-19 EIDL Fraud Statute of Limitations Act of 2022

This bill establishes a 10-year statute of limitations for criminal charges and civil enforcement against a borrower who engages in fraud with respect to certain COVID-19 economic injury disaster loan programs.

Recorded votes 1

Newest first. Open one to see how every member voted.

Roll call	Question	Result	Date
House 247	On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass	Passed416–3	Jun 8, 2022

Cosponsors 3

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 31, 2022 to May 12, 2022; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-NY	Nydia M. Velázquez	Original	Mar 31, 2022
D-KS	Sharice Davids		May 11, 2022
R-TX	Beth Van Duyne		May 12, 2022

Committees 2

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Small Business Committee	Referred Mar 31, 2022Markup May 11, 2022Reported May 17, 2022
Senate	Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee	Referred Jun 9, 2022Discharged Jul 28, 2022

Actions 21

Everything that happened, newest first.

Aug 5, 2022Signed by President.
Aug 5, 2022Became Public Law No: 117-165.
Aug 2, 2022Presented to President.
Jul 28, 2022Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship discharged by Unanimous Consent.
Jul 28, 2022Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S3790)
Jul 28, 2022Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote.
Jul 28, 2022Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Jun 9, 2022Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
Jun 8, 2022Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H5397-5398)
Jun 8, 2022Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 416 - 3 (Roll no. 247). (text: 06/07/2022 CR H5250)
Jun 8, 2022Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Jun 7, 2022Ms. Velazquez moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
Jun 7, 2022Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5250-5252)
Jun 7, 2022DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 7334.
Jun 7, 2022At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
May 17, 2022Reported by the Committee on Small Business. H. Rept. 117-327.
May 17, 2022Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 245.
May 11, 2022Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
May 11, 2022Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
Mar 31, 2022Introduced in House
Mar 31, 2022Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.

In the Congressional Record 3

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

Where	In the Record	Members	Date
Senate	Debate and remarks S3790	Charles E. Schumer D-NY	Jul 28, 2022
House · Extensions	Debate and remarks E599Recorded votes H5397enactLists H5398Votes recorded by proxy on H.R. 7334, COVID–19 EIDL Fraud Statute of Limitations Act	Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX	Jun 8, 2022
House	Debate and remarks H5250–H5252Text printed H5250	Blaine Luetkemeyer R-MO, Claudia Tenney R-NY, Daniel Meuser R-PA, Nydia M. Velázquez D-NY	Jun 7, 2022

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Committee report

H. Rept. 117-327

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article 1, Section 8

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 168, no. 57, March 31, 2022, page H4074.

Printed hearings 1

Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

Number	Hearing	Committee	Held
—	MARKUP OF: H.R. 7352, ``PPP AND BANK FRAUD ENFORCEMENT HARMONIZATION ACT OF 2022'' H.R. 7334, ``COVID-19 EIDL FRAUD STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS ACT OF 2022'' H.R. 7622, ``SMALL BUSINESS WORKFORCE PIPELINE ACT OF 2022'' H.R. 7664, ``SUPPORTING SMALL BUSINESS AND CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION ACT OF 2022'' H.R. 7670, ``WOMEN- OWNED SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAM TRANSPARENCY ACT'' H.R. 5879, ``HUBZONE PRICE EVALUATION PREFERENCE CLARIFICATION ACT OF 2021'' H.R. 7694, ``STRENGTHENING SUBCONTRACTING FOR SMALL BUSINESSES ACT OF 2022''45 pages	Small Business Committee	May 11, 2022

CRS reports 5

Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.

Cite it 5

Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.

Product	Title	Kind	Published
R49123	SBA’s Office of Inspector General and Its Relationship with Congress: In Brief	Report	Aug 10, 2026
R47953	Small Business Administration Reauthorization: Issues for Congress	Report	Mar 12, 2024
IN12323	Overview of the Put America on Commission Act of 2024 (H.R. 7129) Archived	Insight	Mar 1, 2024
R47694	SBA as a Vehicle for Crisis Relief: Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic	Report	Sep 14, 2023
R47593	Pandemic Oversight: The Biden Administration’s New Anti-Fraud Proposal	Report	Jun 15, 2023

Titles 8

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To extend the statute of limitations for fraud by borrowers under certain COVID-19 economic injury disaster loan programs of the Small Business Administration, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Passed Senate: COVID-19 EIDL Fraud Statute of Limitations Act of 2022
Short Titles as Enacted: COVID-19 EIDL Fraud Statute of Limitations Act of 2022
Short Title(s) as Introduced: COVID–19 EIDL Fraud Statute of Limitations Act of 2022
Short Title(s) as Reported to House: COVID–19 EIDL Fraud Statute of Limitations Act of 2022
Short Title(s) as Passed House: COVID–19 EIDL Fraud Statute of Limitations Act of 2022
Short Titles from ENR (Enrolled) bill text: COVID–19 EIDL Fraud Statute of Limitations Act of 2022
Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text: COVID–19 EIDL Fraud Statute of Limitations Act of 2022

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Commerce.

Text 5

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

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