H.R. 6520

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6520 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 6520

To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to require States to 
provide recipient-level data to the Secretary of Agriculture upon 
request.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

December 9, 2025

Mr. Finstad (for himself, Mr. Stauber, Mr. Rose, and Mr. Taylor) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
Agriculture

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A BILL

To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to require States to 
provide recipient-level data to the Secretary of Agriculture upon 
request.

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 ``SNAP Data Transparency and Oversight 
Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. STATE REQUIREMENT TO PROVIDE SNAP RECIPIENT DATA TO THE 
SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE.

Section 11 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2020) is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
``(y) Provision of Recipient Data to the Secretary.--
``(1) As a condition of participation in the supplemental 
nutrition assistance program, each State agency shall, upon 
request of the Secretary, provide to the Secretary recipient-
level data, case file information, or any other program data 
necessary for the administration, oversight, integrity, or 
enforcement of the program.
``(2) Data required under paragraph (1) shall be 
transmitted in such form, manner, frequency, and within such 
time frame as the Secretary may prescribe, including through 
secure electronic data transfer systems designated by the 
Secretary.
``(3) A State agency shall provide the requested data not 
later than 30 days after the date of the Secretary's request, 
unless the Secretary establishes a shorter timeline for urgent 
program integrity, audit, or investigative purposes.
``(4) Failure to comply with a data request issued under 
this subsection may result in the withholding or suspension of 
Federal administrative funds under this Act.
``(5) The Secretary shall ensure that all data received 
under this subsection is subject to applicable Federal laws and 
safeguards governing the privacy and security of program 
records, including the Privacy Act of 1974.
``(6) Such data may be disclosed to any Federal law 
enforcement and investigative agency, and law enforcement and 
investigative agency of a State, for purposes of administering 
or enforcing this Act, regulations issued under this Act, or 
any other Federal or State law.
``(7) Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to 
limit any existing authority of the Secretary to access State 
data or records for program oversight, enforcement, audit, or 
evaluation purposes.''.
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