S121-119

In Committee

Recover Fraudulent COVID Funds Act

119th Congress Introduced Jan 16, 2025

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, Recover Fraudulent COVID Funds Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting importers, exporters, and commercial firms. The main policy domain is Trade, Healthcare, Environment.

Who Benefits and How

importers, exporters, and commercial firms may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, importers, exporters, and commercial firms may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section id260e6dd82ab74813ba4592ba4de49199: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Recover Fraudulent COVID Funds Act.
  • Section id0a133e17327d43c5af7d8791fbcbc52e: 2. Statute of limitations for violations relating to pandemic-era programs In this section— the term pandemic-era law means— the Coronavirus Preparedness and...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, Recover Fraudulent COVID Funds Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting importers, exporters, and commercial firms.

Key Policy Areas

Trade, Healthcare, Environment

Primary Purpose

This bill, Recover Fraudulent COVID Funds Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting importers, exporters, and commercial firms.

Policy Domains

Trade Healthcare Environment

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • importers, exporters, and commercial firms
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Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • importers, exporters, and commercial firms
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Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Jan 16, 2025

Mr. Lankford (for himself, Ms. Ernst, and Mr. Coons) introduced …

Jan 16, 2025

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Jan 16, 2025

Introduced in Senate

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Trade Healthcare Environment
Actor Mappings
"federal_implementing_agencies"
→ Federal agencies assigned duties by the bill

Key Definitions

Terms defined in this bill

1 term
"pandemic-era program violation" §id0a133e17327d43c5af7d8791fbcbc52e

an offense or other violation of law involving conduct that relates to or involves— a program, project, or activity that was authorized or established by, or was carried out under, a pandemic-era law

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