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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 9370 

To require State agencies to inform recipients of supplemental nutrition 

assistance program benefits, participants in the WIC program, and recipients of assistance under the TANF program of card skimming, card 

cloning, and similar fraudulent methods of stealing such benefits or 

assistance; and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

AUGUST 16, 2024 

Mr. GOTTHEIMER (for himself and Mr. LAWLER) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to 

the Committees on Education and the Workforce, and Ways and Means, 

for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case 

for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the 

committee concerned 

A BILL 

To require State agencies to inform recipients of supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits, participants in the WIC program, and recipients of assistance 

under the TANF program of card skimming, card 

cloning, and similar fraudulent methods of stealing such 

benefits or assistance; and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 


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1 SECTION 1. CARD SKIMMING AND CLONING INFORMATION 

2 FOR SNAP RECIPIENTS. 

3 State agencies that administer the supplemental nu4 trition assistance program under the Food and Nutrition 

5 Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2012 et seq.) shall inform recipients 

6 of supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits 

7 of— 

8 (1) the risks of card skimming, card cloning, 

9 and similar fraudulent methods, used by criminals to 

10 steal such benefits from a recipient’s electronic bene11 fits transfer card; 

12 (2) the precautions a recipient can take to avoid 

13 falling victim to card skimming, card cloning, or 

14 similar fraudulent methods; 

15 (3) the claims process, as established by the rel16 evant State agency, through which a recipient can 

17 have benefits stolen through card skimming, card 

18 cloning, or similar fraudulent methods, replaced with 

19 Federal or State funds; and 

20 (4) the process by which a recipient can report 

21 stolen benefits due to card skimming, card cloning, 

22 or similar fraudulent methods to the State agency. 

23 SEC. 2. CARD SKIMMING AND CLONING INFORMATION FOR 

24 WIC PARTICIPANTS. 

25 State agencies that administer the special supple26 mental nutrition assistance program for women, infants, 


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1 and children under section 17 of the Child Nutrition Act 

2 of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786) shall inform participants in the 

3 program of the information described in paragraphs (1) 

4 through (4) of section 1. 

5 SEC. 3. CARD SKIMMING AND CLONING INFORMATION FOR 

6 TANF RECIPIENTS. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 403(a)(1) of the Social 

8 Security Act (42 U.S.C. 603(a)(1)) is amended by adding 

9 at the end the following: 

10 ‘‘(D) REQUIREMENT TO INFORM RECIPI11 ENTS ABOUT CARD SKIMMING AND CLONING.— 

12 State agencies administering the State program 

13 funded under this part for the fiscal year must 

14 provide each recipient of assistance under the 

15 program the information described in para16 graphs (1) through (4) of section 1 of the Act, 

17 entitled ‘An Act to require State agencies to in18 form recipients of supplemental nutrition assist19 ance program benefits, participants in the WIC 

20 program, and recipients of assistance under the 

21 TANF program of card skimming, card cloning, 

22 and similar fraudulent methods of stealing such 

23 benefits or assistance; and for other pur24 poses.’.’’. 


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1 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 

2 subsection (a) shall take effect on the date that is 1 year 

3 after the date of the enactment of this Act. 

4 SEC. 4. ISSUANCE OF CYBERSECURITY AND DIGITAL SERV5 ICE RULES. 

6 Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment 

7 of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall issue cyber8 security and digital service rules applicable to State agen9 cies that administer the supplemental nutrition assistance 

10 program under of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 

11 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.) relating to EBT cards and mobile 

12 payments under such program to ensure that these meas13 ures keep pace with security safeguards used by the pri14 vate sector and required by Federal agencies for credit, 

15 debit, and other payment cards and mobile payments. 

16 Such regulations shall include, at a minimum, a time line 

17 of not more than 5 years under which States are required 

18 to transition to chip-enabled EBT cards and away from 

19 payment cards with magnetic strips. 

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