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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 re-
place 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. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘SNAP Theft Protec-
tion Act of 2023’’. 
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SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS. 
Section 7 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 
U.S.C. 2016) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (e) by inserting ‘‘or from the 
reissuance of benefits stolen by identity theft or typ-
ical skimming practices,’’ after ‘‘mail’’, and 
(2) in subsection (h)(7)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘Regulations’’ and insert-
ing the following: 
‘‘(A) REPLACEMENT OF BENEFITS.—Reg-
ulations’’, and 
(B) by adding at end the following: 
‘‘(B) REISSUANCE
OF
STOLEN
BENE-
FITS.— 
‘‘(i) ISSUANCE
OF
REGULATIONS.— 
Secretary shall issue regulations— 
‘‘(I) to establish criteria for State 
agencies to identify supplemental nu-
trition assistance program benefits 
stolen by identity theft or typical 
skimming practices; and 
‘‘(II) 
to 
provide 
for 
the 
reissuance to households of benefits 
stolen by identity theft, or typical 
skimming practices, that meet such 
criteria. 
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‘‘(ii) STATUS
REPORT.—Not later 
than 240 days after the Secretary issues 
regulations under clause (i), the Secretary 
shall submit to the Congress a report on 
the status of benefits reissued under such 
regulations that includes— 
‘‘(I) a detailed description of the 
prevalence of stolen benefits for which 
benefits are reissued under such regu-
lations; 
‘‘(II) an examination of current 
barriers, feasibility, and impact on 
participant access and ease of use in 
developing an electronic benefit trans-
fer card that contains innovative tech-
nologies 
such 
as 
an 
embedded 
microchip along with the traditional 
magnetic stripe; and 
‘‘(III) such other information as 
by the Secretary considers to be ap-
propriate. 
‘‘(iii) STOLEN BENEFIT REISSUANCE 
REPORT.—Not later than 120 days after 
end of each fiscal year that begins after 
the Secretary issues regulations under 
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clause (i), the Secretary shall submit to the 
Congress a report for such fiscal year with 
respect to each State that includes the ag-
gregate value of supplemental nutrition as-
sistance program benefits reissued under 
such regulations and the number of house-
holds to which such benefits were reissued. 
‘‘(iv) EVALUATION.—To maximize the 
accessibility and security of electronic ben-
efit transfer cards, the Secretary shall pe-
riodically review and modify such regula-
tions to take into account evolving tech-
nology and the threat landscape to better 
protect against benefit theft.’’. 
Æ 
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