SECTION 1. CARD SKIMMING AND CLONING INFORMATION 
FOR SNAP RECIPIENTS. 
State agencies that administer the supplemental nu-
trition 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 bene-
fits 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 rel-
evant 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 supple-
mental nutrition assistance program for women, infants, 
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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
RECIPI-
ENTS 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 para-
graphs (1) through (4) of section 1 of the Act, 
entitled ‘An Act to require State agencies to in-
form recipients of supplemental nutrition assist-
ance 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 pur-
poses.’.’’. 
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(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 SERV-
ICE RULES. 
Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall issue cyber-
security and digital service rules applicable to State agen-
cies 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 meas-
ures keep pace with security safeguards used by the pri-
vate 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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