,i  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bje  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #i1         
#bjbc,mr4 ,ruppersberger 7for himself   
and ,mr4 ,fitzpatrick7 introduced the   
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,agriculture  ,a      
,,bill  ,to amend the ,food and         
,nutrition ,act of #bjjh to provide for 
the reissuance to households            
supplemental nutrition assistance       
program benefits to replace benefits    
stolen by identity theft or typical     
skimming practices1 and for other       
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,,snap ,theft       
,protection ,act of #bjbc4  #b4         
,amendments ,section #g of the ,food and
 ,nutrition ,act of #bjjh 7#g ,u4,s4,c4 
#bjaf7 is amended-- 7#a7 in subsection  
7e7 by inserting or from the reissuance 
of benefits stolen by identity theft or 
typical skimming practices1 after mail1 
and  7#b7 in subsection 7h77#g7-- 7,a7  
by striking ,regulations and inserting  

the following3  7,a7 ,replacement of    
benefits ,regulations  1 and  7,b7 by   
adding at end the following3  7,b7      
,reissuance of stolen benefits  7i7     
,issuance of regulations ,secretary     
shall issue regulations-- 7,i7 to       
establish criteria for ,state agencies  
to identify supplemental nutrition      
assistance program benefits stolen by   
identity theft or typical skimming      
practices2 and  7,,ii7 to provide for   
the reissuance to households of benefits
 stolen by identity theft1 or typical   
skimming practices1 that meet such      
criteria4  7ii7 ,status report ,not     
later than #bdj days after the          
,secretary issues regulations under     
clause 7i71 the ,secretary shall submit 
to the ,congress a report on the status 
of benefits reissued under such         
regulations that includes-- 7,i7 a      
detailed description of the prevalence  
of stolen benefits for which benefits   
are reissued under such regulations2    
7,,ii7 an examination of current        

barriers1 feasibility1 and impact on    
participant access and ease of use in   
developing an electronic benefit        
transfer card that contains innovative  
technologies such as an embedded        
microchip along with the traditional    
magnetic stripe2 and  7,,iii7 such other
 information as by the ,secretary       
considers to be appropriate4  7iii7     
,stolen benefit reissuance report ,not  
later than #abj days after end of each  
fiscal year that begins after the       
,secretary issues regulations under     
clause 7i71 the ,secretary shall submit 
to the ,congress a report for such      
fiscal year with respect to each ,state 
that includes the aggregate value of    
supplemental nutrition assistance       
program benefits reissued under such    
regulations and the number of households
 to which such benefits were reissued4  
7iv7 ,evaluation ,to maximize the       
accessibility and security of electronic
 benefit transfer cards1 the ,secretary 
shall periodically review and modify    

such regulations to take into account   
evolving technology and the threat      
landscape to better protect against     
benefit theft4  4