Bill makes state workers pay for fraud they don't stop.
H.R. 10922 — Fraud Accountability and Mandatory Sentencing Act · Filed by Ben Cline (R-VA) · Introduced Oct 29, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
The bill creates two new federal crimes. State workers who know about fraud but fail to stop it must pay money damages. This covers food stamps, Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, unemployment, and child care. People found guilty of fraud in these programs must go to prison. Prison time ranges from 1 to 20+ years. They cannot get probation or early release.
Who it affects
State workers who oversee these programs face money damages. People found guilty of fraud must serve prison time. Judges cannot shorten sentences based on age, poverty, or mental illness.
One thing to notice
The bill counts harm the fraudster wanted to cause, even if it never happened. This can make prison time longer for small fraud cases.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
- Oct 29, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Oct 29, 2026 — Referred to House Committee on Education and Workforce and House Committee on Energy and Commerce · Congress.gov: “Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Ways and Means…”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- federal crimes — Illegal acts that break U.S. law, not just state law.
- money damages — Cash a person must pay because they caused harm.
- found guilty — A court decides a person broke the law.
- probation — Serving a sentence outside prison under strict rules instead of in jail.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (6,834 characters) on Oct 31, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 16,778 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 2026-10-31.
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