SNAP Fraud Reporting Act of 2026

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