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Stop Retail Food Store SNAP Trafficking Act of 2026
To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to improve the accuracy of estimates of retail food store trafficking in the supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits, to strengthen penalties for trafficking violations, to require reporting information to the Congress, and for other purposes.
Summary
- Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to improve methods for estimating SNAP benefits trafficking by retail food stores, including validating assumptions using independent data and including uncertainty ranges in public reports
- Requires assessment of whether to increase reauthorization frequency for retail food stores identified as high-risk for SNAP trafficking, potentially more often than every 5 years
- Increases civil money penalties for SNAP trafficking from $100,000 to $250,000
- Requires the Secretary to ensure that permanent disqualification of retail stores from the SNAP program can be accompanied by civil money penalties
- Requires publication of updated national retailer trafficking reports every 3 years
- Requires the Secretary to report to Congress within 2 years on implementation progress, updated SNAP trafficking estimates, and enforcement actions including investigations, disqualifications, and penalties
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Sponsor (1)
- Rep. Burchett, Tim [R-TN-2] (R-TN)
Actions (2)
- Jul 13, 2026 Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture. · house
- Jul 13, 2026 Introduced in House
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
July 13, 2026
Mr. Burchett introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture
A BILL
To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to improve the accuracy of estimates of retail food store trafficking in the supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits, to strengthen penalties for trafficking violations, to require reporting information to the Congress, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Stop Retail Food Store SNAP Trafficking Act of 2026”.
SEC. 2. IMPROVEMENTS TO RETAIL FOOD STORE SNAP BENEFITS TRAFFICKING ESTIMATES.
Section 17 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2026) is amended by adding at the end the following:
“(l) Retailer Benefits Trafficking Estimates.—
“(1) The Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Food and Nutrition Service, shall—
“(A) evaluate and update key assumptions used in estimating the trafficking of supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits by approved retail food stores (including assumptions regarding the percentage of benefits trafficked by store type or size);
“(B) validate such assumptions using independent data sources, such as transaction data from known cases of trafficking in such benefits;
“(C) include ranges reflecting uncertainty in all public reports of such estimates; and
“(D) assess the benefits and costs of more frequent reauthorization of retail food store (more often than every 5 years) for a sample of such stores at high risk of such trafficking, and implement changes to such reauthorization process as appropriate.
“(2) Not later than 18 months after effective date of this subsection, and every 3 years thereafter, the Secretary shall publish an updated national retailer trafficking report that describes the results of the actions taken under subsection
(a).”.
SEC. 3. STRENGTHENED PENALTIES FOR TRAFFICKING SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM BENEFITS.
(a) Civil Money Penalties.—Section 12 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2021) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a)(1)(B), by striking by striking “$100,000” and inserting “$250,000”; and
(2) in subsection (c)(1) by striking “$100,000” and inserting “$250,000”.
(b) Disqualification and Penalties.—The Secretary of Agriculture shall promulgate regulations to ensure that—
(1) the permanent disqualification for approval reauthorization of retail food stores that traffic in supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits issued under such Act may be accompanied by civil money penalties; and
(2) penalties better deter violations of law for such trafficking are consistent with authority granted to the Secretary under prior law.
SEC. 4. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.
Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a brief report on—
(1) progress implementing the this Act and the amendments made this Act;
(2) updated estimates of trafficking by retail food stores in supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits issues under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.); and
(3) the number of investigations, disqualifications, and penalties imposed with respect to such trafficking by retail food stores. <all>
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