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H.R. 1156119th CongressLabor and Employment
Pandemic Unemployment Fraud Enforcement Act
Sponsored by Rep. Jason Smith (R-MO) · 25 active : 25 Republicans
Latest action: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 29.
Where it standsPassed House, now in the Senate7 senators score as swing votes
Passed House
- House: passedMar 11, 2025
- Senate: next
- President: not yet
Summary
, via Congress.govPandemic Unemployment Fraud Enforcement Act
This bill extends from 5 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.
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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; and (2) civil actions involving false claims. 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.
Additionally, the bill rescinds specified unobligated funds that were provided in the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 to the Department of Labor for anti-fraud and program integrity activities.
Committees and subjects
Committees
- House Committee on Ways and Means · HouseReported by · Markup by · Referred to
Subjects
- Cardiovascular and respiratory health
- Emergency medical services and trauma care
- Fraud offenses and financial crimes
- Infectious and parasitic diseases
- State and local finance
- Unemployment
Model
Directional: count only breaks toward the other partyWhy do scores change?v3default (selected)v2 model swing-v2
How the Senate breaks down
- 7Swing 70–100
- 66Middle 30–70
- 27Entrenched 0–30
Members fall into . All 100 senators have enough data to score.
Key players in the Senate
Ranked by swing score, 0–100 · swing-v3Bars show each input from 0 to 100: ideology gap, scorecard gap, , and the . is the seat’s partisan lean, and shows how much of the input data a score has.
Similar past votes, Senate
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Cosponsors
25 activeShow all 25 cosponsors
- Aaron Bean (R-FL-4)
- Adrian Smith (R-NE-3)
- Beth Van Duyne (R-TX-24)
- Blake D. Moore (R-UT-1)
- Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA-1)
- Carol D. Miller (R-WV-1)
- Claudia Tenney (R-NY-24)
- Darin LaHood (R-IL-16)
- David Kustoff (R-TN-8)
- David Schweikert (R-AZ-1)
- Gregory F. Murphy (R-NC-3)
- Jodey C. Arrington (R-TX-19)
- Kevin Hern (R-OK-1)
- Lloyd Smucker (R-PA-11)
- Max L. Miller (R-OH-7)
- Michelle Fischbach (R-MN-7)
- Mike Carey (R-OH-15)
- Mike Kelly (R-PA-16)
- Nathaniel Moran (R-TX-1)
- Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY-11)
- Randy Feenstra (R-IA-4)
- Ron Estes
How the swing score works
Ideology gapHow far a member’s DW-NOMINATE voting score sits from their party’s median in the same chamber.
Scorecard gapHow far their Heritage Action and LCV ratings stray from their party’s average, using the groups’ votes on similar bills where available.
Cross-pressureHow strongly their district or state leans toward the other party, from our own computed partisan lean.
Similar votesHow often they voted against their own party on earlier roll calls about this bill or similar ones.
Committee bonusMembers of the committees handling the bill decide whether it moves, so they get a boost.
Cosponsor checkThe sponsor and active cosponsors have already committed, so they drop toward entrenched.
