House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Stop Unemployment Fraud Act
Official title: To amend title III of the Social Security Act and the Federal Unemployment Tax Act to require identity verification procedures and data matching, to prevent unemployment fraud, and to strengthen work search requirements, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Lloyd Smucker R-PAWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 5, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 5, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7847.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SMUCKER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 42, March 5, 2026, Page H2473):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 5, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
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- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7847, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7847
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
17 cosponsors — 17 Republicans
0 of 17 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Jodey Arrington (R-TX), Aaron Bean (R-FL), Vern Buchanan (R-FL), Ron Estes (R-KS), Randy Feenstra (R-IA), Vince Fong (R-CA), Mike Kelly (R-PA), David Kustoff (R-TN), Carol Miller (R-WV), Max Miller (R-OH), Blake Moore (R-UT), Nathaniel Moran (R-TX), Adrian Smith (R-NE), W. Steube (R-FL), Claudia Tenney (R-NY), Beth Van Duyne (R-TX), Rudy Yakym (R-IN).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Lloyd Smucker.
- H.R. 5284 (119th) Claiming Age Clarity Act
- H.R. 2347 (119th) Survivor Justice Tax Prevention Act
- H.R. 5348 (119th) Social Security Child Protection Act of 2025
- H.R. 9721 (119th) Fiscal Sponsorship Transparency Act of 2026
- H.R. 703 (119th) Main Street Tax Certainty Act
- H.R. 6231 (119th) Improve and Enhance the Work Opportunity Tax Credit Act
Related bills
- S. 4016 (119th) Stop Unemployment Fraud ActIdentical bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.