To require State agencies to inform recipients of supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits, participants in the WIC program, and recipients of assistance under the TANF program of card skimming, card cloning, and similar fraudulent methods of stealing such benefits or assistance; and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9370.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GOTTHEIMER:, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 131, August 16, 2024, Page H4997):
  Article I Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: The Stop SCAMS Act would require State agencies to inform recipients of supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits, participants in the WIC program, and recipients of assistance under the TANF program of card skimming, card cloning, and similar fraudulent methods of stealing such benefits or assistance.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record August 16, 2024 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 9370, 118th Congress

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  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/9370

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 21, 2025

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  September 14, 2026

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  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

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