Ending Stolen SNAP Benefits Act of 2026

This bill, titled the Ending Stolen SNAP Benefits Act of 2026, aims to help households recover food assistance funds lost to identity theft and skimming. It requires the federal government to create new rules that make it easier for states to identify stolen benefits and reissue them to victims without placing a heavy burden on them to prove the crime occurred. Additionally, the legislation provides states with 90 percent funding to cover the administrative costs of upgrading their electronic benefit transfer cards to more secure chip-enabled technology. The bill also mandates regular reports to Congress on how many benefits are being recovered and sets a deadline for these specific cost-sharing provisions to end in 2031.