House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Fairness for Victims of SNAP Skimming Act of 2023
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedOct 19, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 18, 2024 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Foreign Agriculture, and Horticulture.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6005.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 172, October 19, 2023, Page H5033):This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I, Sec. 8, cl. 1 and Article I, Sec. 8, cl. 18. The single subject of this legislation is: The Fairness for Victims of SNAP Skimming Act of 2023 would allow the USDA to reimburse victims of SNAP benefit theft equal to the amount of benefits stolen from the household and would allow for federal reimbursement past September 30th, 2024.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 19, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
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- Statement length
- 412 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6005, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6005
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
2 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 1 Democrat
1 of 2 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. C. Ruppersberger.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 15, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.