# 119-hr-10326: PROOF Act

119-hr-10326, PROOF Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Van Drew, Jefferson [R-NJ-2] (R-NJ); status passed_house; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-10326
- Congress: 119
- Title: PROOF Act
- Status: passed_house
- Introduced: 2026-09-10
- Sponsor: Rep. Van Drew, Jefferson [R-NJ-2] (R-NJ)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-11-01

## Summary

**Authorizes Attorney General-directed information sharing** between federal law enforcement and State program administrators to detect, investigate, and prosecute fraud in major Federal aid programs with stated privacy protections. It covers a wide set of State-administered programs, from Medicaid and SNAP to unemployment, COVID relief funds, rental assistance, school emergency grants, broadband and disaster aid, and other programs the Attorney General identifies as vulnerable. - State program administrators must respond to a written request from the Attorney General and provide records the Attorney General needs for fraud probes. That includes identity verification records, benefit disbursement logs, provider billing statements, and demographic details tied to active investigations. - People who get benefits from listed programs could see their identity and benefit records used in Attorney General-led fraud investigations. This affects households using SNAP, Medicaid, unemployment, rental assistance, pandemic relief, school aid, and other covered programs. - Providers and businesses that bill public programs may have billing and payment records shared with prosecutors to support investigation and prosecution of false claims and improper payments.

## Votes

| Date | Chamber | Question | Result | Yea | Nay |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-09-16T00:00:00.000Z | house | On Passage | Passed | 217 | 207 |

## Provisions PRIA read

- Privacy rules for shared benefit data: benefit, medium. If enacted, the Attorney General would have to follow the Privacy Act and, when it applies, HIPAA. Shared data would be encrypted. Only authorized staff would be able to see it. Agencies would have to delete the data after the case ends. They would only be allowed to use it for fraud law enforcemen…
- Annual report on fraud requests: benefit, low. If enacted, the Attorney General would have to send Congress a report within one year, then every year. The report would list how many requests went to states and which programs were involved. It would also list fraud investigations and convictions that used the shared data.
- New fraud data-sharing from states: mixed, high. If enacted, the Attorney General would be able to send a written request to state program heads for records to investigate or prosecute fraud. State agencies would have to share identity checks, payment logs, billing records, and related demographics tied to an active case. Covered programs would i…
- Changes would start 60 days later: mixed, low. If enacted, all changes in this bill would start 60 days after it is signed. This delay would give states and agencies time to prepare. It would also delay both the new data-sharing and the new privacy rules.

## Related bills

- 119-hr-4669: FEMA Act of 2025
- 119-hr-5301: PIPES Act of 2025
- 119-hr-137: TCJA Permanency Act
- 119-hr-4317: PBM Reform Act of 2025
- 119-hr-1229: United States-Israel Defense Partnership Act of 2025
- 119-hr-5061: Counter-UAS Authority Security, Safety, and Reauthorization Act

## Sources
- [119-hr-10326 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/10326)

## Related
- [119-hr-4669: FEMA Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4669)
- [119-hr-5301: PIPES Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-5301)
- [119-hr-137: TCJA Permanency Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-137)
- [119-hr-4317: PBM Reform Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4317)
- [119-hr-1229: United States-Israel Defense Partnership Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1229)
- [119-hr-5061: Counter-UAS Authority Security, Safety, and Reauthorization Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-5061)
- [All bills in Congress](https://policyrisk.com/legislation)

Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-10326 (as of 2026-11-01).