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[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9370 Introduced in House (IH)]

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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.

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                    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

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                                 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.

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

SECTION 1. CARD SKIMMING AND CLONING INFORMATION FOR SNAP RECIPIENTS.

    State agencies that administer the supplemental nutrition 
assistance program under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 
2012 et seq.) shall inform recipients of supplemental nutrition 
assistance program benefits of--
            (1) the risks of card skimming, card cloning, and similar 
        fraudulent methods, used by criminals to steal such benefits 
        from a recipient's electronic benefits transfer card;
            (2) the precautions a recipient can take to avoid falling 
        victim to card skimming, card cloning, or similar fraudulent 
        methods;
            (3) the claims process, as established by the relevant 
        State agency, through which a recipient can have benefits 
        stolen through card skimming, card cloning, or similar 
        fraudulent methods, replaced with Federal or State funds; and
            (4) the process by which a recipient can report stolen 
        benefits due to card skimming, card cloning, or similar 
        fraudulent methods to the State agency.

SEC. 2. CARD SKIMMING AND CLONING INFORMATION FOR WIC PARTICIPANTS.

    State agencies that administer the special supplemental nutrition 
assistance program for women, infants, and children under section 17 of 
the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786) shall inform 
participants in the program of the information described in paragraphs 
(1) through (4) of section 1.

SEC. 3. CARD SKIMMING AND CLONING INFORMATION FOR TANF RECIPIENTS.

    (a) In General.--Section 403(a)(1) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 603(a)(1)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(D) Requirement to inform recipients about card 
                skimming and cloning.--State agencies administering the 
                State program funded under this part for the fiscal 
                year must provide each recipient of assistance under 
                the program the information described in paragraphs (1) 
                through (4) of section 1 of the Act, entitled `An Act 
                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.'.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect on the date that is 1 year after the date of the enactment 
of this Act.

SEC. 4. ISSUANCE OF CYBERSECURITY AND DIGITAL SERVICE RULES.

    Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary of Agriculture shall issue cybersecurity and digital 
service rules applicable to State agencies that administer the 
supplemental nutrition assistance program under of the Food and 
Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.) relating to EBT cards and 
mobile payments under such program to ensure that these measures keep 
pace with security safeguards used by the private sector and required 
by Federal agencies for credit, debit, and other payment cards and 
mobile payments. Such regulations shall include, at a minimum, a time 
line of not more than 5 years under which States are required to 
transition to chip-enabled EBT cards and away from payment cards with 
magnetic strips.
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