Sec. 3. Authority to reimburse stolen SNAP benefits
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Section 11 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 ( 7 U.S.C. 2020 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: . States are authorized to use supplemental nutrition assistance program benefit funds to reimburse households whose benefits are stolen due to no fault of their own, including via skimming, cloning, or other unauthorized electronic transfers. Reimbursement shall be made in accordance with guidance from the Secretary and shall not affect the household’s monthly allotment or ongoing eligibility.
The Secretary shall— provide technical assistance to States for fraud detection and claims validation; maintain a centralized reporting database for benefit theft incidents; require States to submit annual data on benefit theft and reimbursements. The Secretary shall promulgate regulations as necessary to carry out this subsection. The Secretary shall review the necessity of this authority once all States have successfully upgraded to secure payment technologies. .
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