COVID Fraud Transparency Act of 2026

Roger Williams

Republican · TX · Representative

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• Aaron Bean (R-FL-4)Original· 2025-01-28
• George Latimer (D-NY-16)Original· 2025-01-28
• Kweisi Mfume (D-MD-7)Original· 2025-01-28

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.

2026-06-24

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COVID Fraud Transparency Act of 2026 This bill requires the Small Business Administration's Office of Inspector General to report quarterly to Congress about fraud cases involving certain COVID-19 loans (e.g., Paycheck Protection Program loans). The report must include the number and total dollar amount of such loans, number of new cases of fraud and suspected fraud, number of fraud cases resolved, and types of such cases of fraud. The reporting requirements terminate two years after this bill is enacted.

Plain-English rewrite of the Congressional Research Service summary published on Congress.gov. Cached and reviewed.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 826 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 826 To require the Inspector General of the Small Business Administration to submit a quarterly report on fraud relating to certain COVID-19 loans. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 28, 2025 Mr. Williams of Texas (for himself, Mr. Latimer, Mr. Bean of Florida, and Mr. Mfume) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Small Business _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To require the Inspector General of the Small Business Administration to submit a quarterly report on fraud relating to certain COVID-19 loans. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``COVID Fraud Transparency Act of 2025''. SEC. 2. REPORT ON FRAUD RELATING TO CERTAIN COVID-19 LOANS. (a) In General.--Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 3 months thereafter, the Inspector General of the Small Business Administration shall submit to the Committee on Small Business of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship of the Senate a report on the number of borrowers engaged in fraud with respect to a covered loan. (b) Elements.--The report required under subsection (a) shall include, with respect to the period covered by such report-- (1) the number and total dollar amount of all covered loans made; (2) the number of new cases of fraud and suspected fraud; (3) the number of fraud cases resolved; and (4) the types of fraud cases described in paragraphs (2) and (3). (c) Covered Loan Defined.--In this section, the term ``covered loan'' means-- (1) a loan made under paragraph (36) or (37) of section 7(a) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(a)); or (2) a loan made under section 7(b) of such Act (15 U.S.C. 636(b)) in response to COVID-19 during the covered period (as defined in section 1110(a) of the CARES Act (15 U.S.C. 9009)). (d) Termination.--This Act and the requirements of this Act shall terminate on the date that is two years after the date of the enactment of this Act. SEC. 3. COMPLIANCE WITH CUTGO. No additional amounts are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this Act. <all>

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