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SNAP Fraud Data Reporting and Oversight Act of 2025

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SNAP Fraud Reporting Act of 2026

External ID
S/119/4716
Policy area
Agriculture and Food
Latest action
2026-06-09
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SNAP Fraud Data Reporting and Oversight Act of 2025

To require states to report data on fraud in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) to improve oversight and reduce improper payments.

Constitutional concerns with the original

  1. The bill may condition federal funding on state reporting requirements in a manner that could be seen as coercive under the Tenth Amendment, but generally falls within Congress's spending power under Article I, Section 8, Clause 1.

Solution text

This Act amends the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to require each state agency administering the supplemental nutrition assistance program to submit an annual report to the Secretary of Agriculture containing data on fraud investigations, prosecutions, and recoveries. The report must include the number of cases referred for investigation, the number of cases resulting in administrative or criminal penalties, the total dollar amount of overpayments identified and recovered, and the methods used to detect fraud. The Secretary shall compile these reports into an annual public summary, disaggregated by state, and submit it to Congress. No state shall lose funding for failure to report; instead, the Secretary may withhold up to 1 percent of the state's SNAP administrative funds for noncompliance after a two-year grace period. This Act is funded by redirecting 0.5 percent of existing SNAP administrative funds from the federal reserve for program integrity. It shall sunset after 5 years unless reauthorized by Congress. Oversight is provided by the USDA Office of Inspector General, which shall audit a sample of state reports biennially. Enforcement is through the withholding mechanism described above, with a right to appeal to the USDA administrative law judge under the Fifth Amendment Due Process Clause.

Operative provisions

funding source
Redirect 0.5% of existing SNAP administrative funds from the federal reserve for program integrity.
funding amount
Not to exceed $5 million per fiscal year, drawn from existing appropriations.
sunset years
5
oversight body
USDA Office of Inspector General
enforcement mechanism
Withholding up to 1% of state SNAP administrative funds for noncompliance after a two-year grace period, with appeal rights to USDA administrative law judge.
effective date
180 days after enactment

Bipartisan rationale

Democratic priorities honored: protects SNAP funding from cuts, focuses on data-driven oversight rather than punitive measures, includes due process protections. Republican priorities honored: increases accountability and transparency, targets fraud without expanding federal bureaucracy, uses existing funding sources.

Constitutional citations

  • → Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 (Spending Power)
  • → Tenth Amendment (limits coercion of states)
  • → Fifth Amendment Due Process Clause (appeal rights)

Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 Amendment X Amendment V

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