H.R. 8028

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8028 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 8028

To require States to provide data on fraud within the supplemental 
nutrition assistance program established under the Food and Nutrition 
Act of 2008.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

March 19, 2026

Mr. Taylor (for himself, Ms. Boebert, Mr. Moore of Alabama, Ms. Mace, 
Mr. Wied, Mr. Hunt, Mr. Harris of North Carolina, Mr. Gosar, Mr. 
Timmons, Mr. Fry, and Mr. Barrett) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Agriculture

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A BILL

To require States to provide data on fraud within the supplemental 
nutrition assistance program established under the Food and Nutrition 
Act of 2008.

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 Fraud Reporting Act of 2026''.

SEC. 2. REQUIRED STATE SUBMISSION OF SNAP FRAUD DATA.

(a) Initial Submission of Data.--Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, each State shall submit to the 
Secretary of Agriculture data on fraud that occurred in the 
supplemental nutrition assistance program for the then most recently 
concluded 5 fiscal years available. Such data shall include the 
following:
(1) The number of supplemental nutrition assistance program 
fraud cases open for investigation.
(2) The total number of fraud cases identified, including 
substantiated fraud committed by criminals such as card 
skimming and card cloning, and the total dollar amount of fraud 
cases identified.
(3) The number and type of enforcement actions taken 
against supplemental nutrition assistance program fraud.
(4) The amount of the recoveries in such cases.
(5) For each fiscal year that begins after the after the 
enactment of this Act, all data on the number of people 
disqualified for fraud which were found to be deceased people 
or using a deceased person's identity who received supplemental 
nutrition assistance program benefits during each fiscal year 
and the dollar amount of benefits issued.
(6) For each fiscal year that begins after the after the 
enactment of this Act, all data on the number of people 
disqualified for fraud which were found to have submitted no 
social security number or used falsified, recycled, stolen, or 
purchased social security numbers during each fiscal year and 
the dollar amount of such benefits.
(b) Subsequent Submission of Data.--Not later than 60 days after 
October 1, 2028, and not later than 60 days after each October 1 
thereafter, each State shall submit to the Secretary of Agriculture 
data of the kind described in subsection (a) on fraud that occurred in 
the supplemental nutrition assistance program for the then most 
recently concluded fiscal year.
(c) Penalty.--If a State does not provide the requested data 
required by this section not later than the applicable date, the 
Secretary shall withhold supplemental nutrition assistance program 
administrative funds from such State until such data are received from 
such State.

SEC. 3. REPORTS TO THE CONGRESS.

(a) Initial Report.--Not later than 180 days after receiving all of 
the data required to be submitted under section 2(a) by States, the 
Secretary shall--
(1) submit to the Congress a report that contains the 
findings of the Secretary, and
(2) shall publish such report online.
(b) Subsequent Reports.--Not later than 180 days after October 1, 
2028, and not later than 180 days after each October 1 thereafter, 
after receiving all of the data required to be submitted under section 
2(b) by States for the fiscal year involved, Secretary shall--
(1) submit a report of the kind described in subsection (a) 
based on such data for the most recently concluded fiscal year, 
and
(2) publish such report online.
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