Ending Stolen SNAP Benefits Act of 2026

This bill would require the U.S. Department of Agriculture to write rules for states to identify and replace SNAP (food assistance) benefits stolen through identity theft or card skimming, in a way that limits the burden on victim households to prove the theft. The Department would report to Congress on stolen benefits and on adding microchips to EBT cards, and would publish yearly state-by-state totals of replaced benefits and households served. The federal government would pay 90 percent of state administrative costs to switch from magnetic-stripe EBT cards to chip-enabled cards under an approved state plan. Plans not acted on within 90 days would be treated as approved, and the cost-sharing would end on September 30, 2031.

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Sponsors

• Grace Meng Democrat sponsor
• 1 cosponsors