Sponsor
Richard Lynn Scott
Senator · R-FL
Senator · R-FL
The bill strengthens oversight and transparency to detect and recover SNAP fraud (benefiting taxpayers and program integrity) but raises privacy risks, administrative burdens, and could jeopardize beneficiary benefits if States miss reporting deadlines.
Taxpayers and SNAP program participants: Requiring USDA reporting of detailed fraud and recovery data will help identify, deter, and recover SNAP fraud, protecting program integrity and reducing misspent benefits.
State governments, federal overseers, and the public: Standardized, published fraud and recovery metrics will improve transparency, enable cross-state comparisons, and support oversight and policymaking.
Low-income SNAP recipients: Withholding federal SNAP funds from States that fail to submit timely reports could interrupt or reduce benefits for participants, harming food security.
Individuals whose records are reported: Collecting and publishing detailed fraud-related personal identifiers increases privacy and data-security risks, potentially exposing sensitive information like SSNs and disqualification histories.
State and local agencies: New, more detailed reporting requirements will increase administrative workload and compliance costs, diverting staff time and resources from other program operations.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Requires States to submit standardized SNAP fraud data to USDA on a set schedule and authorizes withholding SNAP funds for noncompliance.
Official title: Amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to require States to provide data on fraud in the supplemental nutrition assistance program, and for other purposes.
Introduced June 9, 2026 by Richard Lynn Scott · Last progress June 9, 2026
Requires State agencies to submit standardized, periodic data on SNAP fraud to USDA and authorizes USDA to withhold SNAP funds from states that fail to submit. Specifies an initial 180-day data package covering the five most recent fiscal years, then annual submissions timed after October 1 each year, and directs USDA to publish summary reports based on the submissions. Mandates specific data elements (counts of investigations, fraud cases and dollar amounts, enforcement actions, recoveries, and certain disqualification categories tied to misuse of Social Security numbers or deceased persons’ benefits), creates a compliance timeline, and links noncompliance to withholding of SNAP administrative funds until a state provides the required data.