1HOUSE · MAR 11, 2025
Passed the House
295–127PASSED
R 212–0 D 83–127
On Passage · roll 68 · 10 not voting
House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Passed House
Pandemic Unemployment Fraud Enforcement Act
Official title: To amend the CARES Act to extend the statute of limitations for fraud under certain unemployment programs, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Jason Smith R-MOWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 10, 2025
- Committee actionFeb 12, 2025
- Passed HouseMar 11, 2025 · 295–127
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 13, 2025 — Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 29.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1156.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1156, Pandemic Unemployment Fraud Enforcement Act” on February 24, 2025. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on February 12, 2025”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 24, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/61219
- CBO publication date
- February 24, 2025
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1156, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1156
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 119-6 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Ways and Means Committee on February 25, 2025.Source: Congress.gov, reported February 25, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/HRPT/6
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1156, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1156
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
512bd49beb9780138060e1d1b77dd8dbfdad48e2cc7ab441539898161a2a582e
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SMITH of Missouri, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 27, February 10, 2025, Page H614):Article I, Section 8 of the Unites States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 10, 2025 ↗
Evidence
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- Statement length
- 55 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1156, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1156
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
512bd49beb9780138060e1d1b77dd8dbfdad48e2cc7ab441539898161a2a582e
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Vote results
1 recorded roll-call vote on H.R. 1156. The vote that moved the bill is first.
Yea–nay by party (R = Republicans, D = Democrats, I = independents). Counts for present and not-voting members are shown where there were any. Showing all 1 of 1 recorded votes. Sorted by date; within a chamber by roll-call number.
Cosponsors
25 cosponsors — 25 Republicans
0 of 25 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Jodey Arrington (R-TX), Aaron Bean (R-FL), Vern Buchanan (R-FL), Mike Carey (R-OH), Ron Estes (R-KS), Randy Feenstra (R-IA), Michelle Fischbach (R-MN), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Kevin Hern (R-OK), Mike Kelly (R-PA), David Kustoff (R-TN), Darin LaHood (R-IL), Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY), Carol Miller (R-WV), Max Miller (R-OH), Blake Moore (R-UT), Nathaniel Moran (R-TX), Gregory Murphy (R-NC), David Schweikert (R-AZ), Adrian Smith (R-NE), Lloyd Smucker (R-PA), W. Steube (R-FL), Claudia Tenney (R-NY), Beth Van Duyne (R-TX), Rudy Yakym (R-IN).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Jason Smith.
- H.R. 6500 (119th) Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2027
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- H.Res. 212 (119th) Returning Senate Joint Resolution 3 to the Senate.
- H.R. 10357 (119th) Digital Asset Tax Certainty Act
- H.R. 9645 (119th) Health Care Price Certainty for All Americans Act
- H.R. 591 (119th) Defending American Jobs and Investment Act
Related bills
- H.R. 8873 (119th) Recover COVID Unemployment Fraud in Banks ActRelated bill
- H.Res. 211 (119th) Providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 25) providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5…Related bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.