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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 205 

To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to provide for the reissuance 

to households supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits to replace benefits stolen by identity theft or typical skimming practices, 

and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 9, 2023 

Mr. RUPPERSBERGER (for himself and Mr. FITZPATRICK) introduced the 

following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture 

A BILL 

To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to provide 

for the reissuance to households supplemental nutrition 

assistance program benefits to replace benefits stolen 

by identity theft or typical skimming practices, 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, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘SNAP Theft Protec5 tion Act of 2023’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS. 

2 Section 7 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 

3 U.S.C. 2016) is amended— 

4 (1) in subsection (e) by inserting ‘‘or from the 

5 reissuance of benefits stolen by identity theft or typ6 ical skimming practices,’’ after ‘‘mail’’, and 

7 (2) in subsection (h)(7)— 

8 (A) by striking ‘‘Regulations’’ and insert9 ing the following: 

10 ‘‘(A) REPLACEMENT OF BENEFITS.—Reg11 ulations’’, and 

12 (B) by adding at end the following: 

13 ‘‘(B) REISSUANCE OF STOLEN BENE14 FITS.— 

15 ‘‘(i) ISSUANCE OF REGULATIONS.— 

16 Secretary shall issue regulations— 

17 ‘‘(I) to establish criteria for State 

18 agencies to identify supplemental nu19 trition assistance program benefits 

20 stolen by identity theft or typical 

21 skimming practices; and 

22 ‘‘(II) to provide for the 

23 reissuance to households of benefits 

24 stolen by identity theft, or typical 

25 skimming practices, that meet such 

26 criteria. 


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1 ‘‘(ii) STATUS REPORT.—Not later 

2 than 240 days after the Secretary issues 

3 regulations under clause (i), the Secretary 

4 shall submit to the Congress a report on 

5 the status of benefits reissued under such 

6 regulations that includes— 

7 ‘‘(I) a detailed description of the 

8 prevalence of stolen benefits for which 

9 benefits are reissued under such regu10 lations; 

11 ‘‘(II) an examination of current 

12 barriers, feasibility, and impact on 

13 participant access and ease of use in 

14 developing an electronic benefit trans15 fer card that contains innovative tech16 nologies such as an embedded 

17 microchip along with the traditional 

18 magnetic stripe; and 

19 ‘‘(III) such other information as 

20 by the Secretary considers to be ap21 propriate. 

22 ‘‘(iii) STOLEN BENEFIT REISSUANCE

23 REPORT.—Not later than 120 days after 

24 end of each fiscal year that begins after 

25 the Secretary issues regulations under 


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1 clause (i), the Secretary shall submit to the 

2 Congress a report for such fiscal year with 

3 respect to each State that includes the ag4 gregate value of supplemental nutrition as5 sistance program benefits reissued under 

6 such regulations and the number of house7 holds to which such benefits were reissued. 

8 ‘‘(iv) EVALUATION.—To maximize the 

9 accessibility and security of electronic ben10 efit transfer cards, the Secretary shall pe11 riodically review and modify such regula12 tions to take into account evolving tech13 nology and the threat landscape to better 

14 protect against benefit theft.’’. 

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