H.R. 8873 · 119th Congress · Finance and financial sector
Recover COVID Unemployment Fraud in Banks Act
How the House voted
Yea from the left, nay from the right, each side by party
House · Jun 29, 2026
Passed by voice vote.
Passed the House on June 29, 2026.
Latest action: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance
- IntroducedMay 19, 2026
- CommitteeMay 29, 2026
- Passed HouseJun 29, 2026
- Passed Senate
- Became law
On the record
- Cosponsors
- 2
- 1 Democrat, 1 Republican
- Committees
- Senate Committee on FinanceHouse Committee on Ways and Means
- Lobbying
- At least 2
- organizations named it2025 Q4 to 2026 Q3
What it does
The bill directs the Secretary of Labor to designate a National Recovery Coordinator and convene a federal task force focused on pandemic-era unemployment payments.
The bill directs the Secretary of Labor to designate a National Recovery Coordinator and convene a federal task force focused on pandemic-era unemployment payments. The task force coordinates with states to identify Federal pandemic unemployment payments that sit on prepaid debit cards held by banks under state contracts or that have passed to state unclaimed property offices, and it develops model processes and guidance for recovering payments found to be improper. The Secretary of Labor must reimburse states for administrative costs they incur from coordinating with the task force. The bill also extends to 10 years the statute of limitations for criminal prosecution and civil enforcement of specified fraud offenses tied to three pandemic unemployment programs. That longer window does not revive any case whose limitations period had already expired before the bill became law.
Each stop is a step the bill’s own record states, with the date it happened. A ring is a step not yet taken. A bill becomes law when the President signs it or Congress overrides a veto.
At least 2 organizations named this measure in a lobbying filing. A floor, not a total: they were counted by the client name on 3 quarterly reports filed by 2 organizations lobbying for themselves in 2025 Q4, 2026 Q2 and 2026 Q3. An organization that lobbied this measure without naming it is not counted here.
The filings record that lobbying was reported on the measure. The form has no per-bill dollar figure and no field for a position, so nothing here says how much was spent or which side an organization took.
The organizations named: Service Employees International Union Ctw-Clc; Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council (Sbe Council). Listed as filed. They are every client name on the filings counted here.
From the LD-2 quarterly lobbying filings published at lda.gov by the Senate Office of Public Records. Read for 2025 Q1, 2025 Q2, 2025 Q3, 2025 Q4, 2026 Q1, 2026 Q2 and 2026 Q3. Our copy holds 24 fewer filings for 2025 Q1, 39 fewer filings for 2025 Q2, 42 fewer filings for 2025 Q3, 33 fewer filings for 2025 Q4, 28 fewer filings for 2026 Q1, 48 fewer filings for 2026 Q2 and 218 fewer filings for 2026 Q3 than the Senate's register counts, so those quarters are the filings we could read rather than every one filed. 2026 Q4 is still inside its filing window, so that quarter is only the filings posted so far.
Congress.gov bill status and cosponsor records; the House Clerk and Senate roll calls; lobbying reports filed under the Lobbying Disclosure Act (lda.gov); the plain summary and provisions are read from the bill text, each with its section.