Bill lowers the amount of SNAP fraud that becomes a crime.
H.R. 10219 — SNAP Fraud Accountability Act · Filed by William Timmons (R-SC) · Introduced Sep 1, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
The bill changes SNAP rules. Currently, a person must misuse $5,000 in food stamps to face criminal charges. This bill lowers that to $1,000. Now people face criminal charges for smaller violations. The bill makes prosecution easier.
Who it affects
SNAP recipients and small vendors are affected. Low-income people and small business owners now face criminal charges for smaller amounts.
One thing to notice
The bill lowers the dollar amount for criminal charges. It does not add non-criminal ways to stop fraud.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
- Sep 1, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Sep 1, 2026 — Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary and House Committee on Agriculture · Congress.gov: “Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to…”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- SNAP — A government program that gives money to low-income people to buy food.
- criminal charges — When the government accuses someone of breaking the law in a way that could lead to jail.
- vendors — Stores or businesses that sell food and accept SNAP benefits.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (270 characters) on Sep 5, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 14,707 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
As of — page rendered 2026-09-23.
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