[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3856 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3856

   To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to require States to 
   provide recipient-level data to the Secretary of Agriculture upon 
                                request.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           February 12, 2026

   Mr. Scott of Florida (for himself, Ms. Ernst, and Mr. Tuberville) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
           Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to require States to 
   provide recipient-level data to the Secretary of Agriculture upon 
                                request.

    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 Data Transparency and Oversight 
Act of 2026''.

SEC. 2. STATE REQUIREMENT TO PROVIDE SNAP RECIPIENT DATA TO THE 
              SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE.

    Section 11 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2020) is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(y) Provision of Recipient Data to the Secretary.--
            ``(1) In general.--As a condition of participation in the 
        supplemental nutrition assistance program, each State agency 
        shall, on request of the Secretary, provide to the Secretary 
        recipient-level data, case file information, or any other 
        program data necessary for the administration, oversight, 
        integrity, or enforcement of the program.
            ``(2) Process.--Data requested under paragraph (1) shall be 
        transmitted in such form, manner, frequency, and within such 
        time frame, as the Secretary may require, including through 
        secure electronic data transfer systems designated by the 
        Secretary.
            ``(3) Timing.--A State agency shall provide data requested 
        under paragraph (1) not later than 30 days after the date of 
        the request, unless the Secretary establishes a shorter 
        timeline for urgent program integrity, audit, or investigative 
        purposes.
            ``(4) Noncompliance.--The Secretary may withhold or suspend 
        funds to a State under section 16 if a State fails to comply 
        with a request for data under this subsection.
            ``(5) Data safeguards.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The Secretary shall ensure that 
                all data received under this subsection is subject to 
                applicable Federal laws and safeguards governing the 
                privacy and security of program records, including 
                section 552a of title 5, United States Code (commonly 
                known as the `Privacy Act of 1974').
                    ``(B) Allowed disclosure.--Data received under this 
                subsection may be disclosed by the Secretary to any 
                Federal or State law enforcement and investigative 
                agency for purposes of administering or enforcing this 
                Act, regulations issued under this Act, or any other 
                Federal or State law.
            ``(6) Rule of construction.--Nothing in this subsection 
        limits any existing authority of the Secretary to access State 
        data or records for program oversight, enforcement, audit, or 
        evaluation purposes.''.
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