S. 2892 · 110th Congress
Wartime Enforcement of Fraud Act of 2008
- Stage
- Reported from committee
- Sponsor
- Patrick Leahy
- Introduced
- 2008-04-18
- Latest action
- 2008-07-25 · Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Leahy without amendment. With written report No. 110-431. Additional views filed.
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Wartime Enforcement of Fraud Act of 2008 - Amends the federal criminal code to revise provisions that suspend the statute of limitations for wartime frauds against the United States by: (1) making such provisions applicable to an authorization for the use of Armed Forces (currently, applicable only if a war has been declared); (2) extending such limitation period from three to five years after the termination of hostilities; and (3) requiring a presidential proclamation, with notice to Congress, to signal the end of hostilities and thus end the suspension of the statute of limitations.