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S. 1540 · 119th CongressAgriculture and Food

Fairness for Victims of SNAP Skimming Act of 2025 has not moved since its introduction on Apr 30, 2025, with cosponsors, all Democrats

Sponsored by Fetterman, John D-PA · 6 cosponsors: 6 Democrats, 0 Republicans
IntroducedApr 30, 2025
Reported—
Passed one chamber—
Passed both—
Law—
What it changes · CRS summary

Written by the Congressional Research Service [2]. 170 words.

Fairness for Victims of SNAP Skimming Act of 2025 This bill requires the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) to provide for the replacement of the full amount of a household's stolen benefits. Specifically, using funds provided by the Department of Agriculture, a state agency must provide a household with replacement SNAP benefits equal to the amount of benefits stolen through card skimming, card cloning, or similar fraudulent methods. This requirement applies if the state agency determines that the benefits were stolen and meets certain requirements. Under current law, a state agency may only replace SNAP benefits that were stolen between the period beginning on October 1, 2022, and ending on December 20, 2024. Further, the replacement amount is limited to the lesser of the amount of (1) the benefits stolen, or (2) two months of the household's monthly allotment immediately prior to the date on which the benefits were stolen. Thus, this bill permanently extends the provision and provides for the replacement of the full amount of the benefits stolen.

Context
Committees
Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee
Policy area
Agriculture and Food: 14 of 2,036 bills became law, 113th–118th (0.7%)
Sponsor
1 of 61 bills enacted since 2013
Text versions
1: introduced in senate · 84 words
Latest action
Apr 30, 2025: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Records
Congress.gov · Bill text
Exhibit 1Passage odds band at each stage, rated when the bill reached it [4]
Related bills · 1

Each bill appears once, under its strongest link. 1 in all.

Identical or companion · 1
  • 119th H.R. 3117 Fairness for Victims of SNAP Skimming Act of 2025 D · Introduced

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Exhibit 2Articles naming the bill per day, last 90 days, US sources [3]