[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 10219 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                               H. R. 10219

To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to lower the threshold for 
       which criminal penalties apply to a violation of that Act.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 1, 2026

 Mr. Timmons introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
   Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on the 
 Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, 
 in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the 
                jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to lower the threshold for 
       which criminal penalties apply to a violation of that Act.

    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 ``SNAP Fraud Accountability Act''.

SEC. 2. VIOLATIONS AND ENFORCEMENT OF THE FOOD AND NUTRITION ACT OF 
              2008.

    Section 15(b)(1) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 
2024(b)(1)) is amended by striking ``$5,000'' each place it appears and 
inserting ``$1,000''.
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