# 119-hr-9649: Stop Retail Food Store SNAP Trafficking Act of 2026

119-hr-9649, Stop Retail Food Store SNAP Trafficking Act of 2026, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Burchett, Tim [R-TN-2] (R-TN); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-08-02).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-9649
- Congress: 119
- Title: Stop Retail Food Store SNAP Trafficking Act of 2026
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2026-07-13
- Sponsor: Rep. Burchett, Tim [R-TN-2] (R-TN)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Agriculture and Food
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-08-02

## Summary

**Strengthening penalties and improving how SNAP benefit trafficking by retail stores is measured.** This bill would require the USDA's Food and Nutrition Service to update and validate retailer-trafficking estimates, raise civil penalties for stores that traffic SNAP benefits, and deliver regular reports to Congress. - Retail food stores. Faces higher civil penalties, raising maximum fines to $250,000 (up from $100,000). Permanent disqualification for trafficking may be paired with civil money penalties. - Food and Nutrition Service. Must reassess and validate key assumptions behind retailer-trafficking estimates using independent data and include uncertainty ranges in public reports. The agency must publish a national retailer trafficking report within 18 months and every 3 years thereafter. - Congress and oversight. The Secretary must submit a brief report to the House and Senate Agriculture Committees within 2 years describing implementation progress, updated trafficking estimates, and counts of investigations, disqualifications, and penalties.

## Provisions PRIA read

- Higher SNAP store fines and bans: cost, high. This bill would raise certain maximum civil fines for SNAP retailer trafficking to $250,000. It would also direct USDA to write rules allowing permanent disqualification of stores to be paired with civil money penalties. The rules must aim to better deter trafficking and could increase legal and fi…
- New reviews and reports for SNAP stores: mixed, medium. This bill would require USDA to reevaluate how it estimates SNAP benefit trafficking by store type and size. Reports must use independent data, show uncertainty ranges, and validate assumptions using transaction data from known trafficking cases. USDA would study reauthorizing high‑risk stores more…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-3132: CHOICE for Veterans Act of 2025
- 119-hr-687: MERIT Act of 2025
- 119-hr-4706: Protecting Our Farms and Homes from China Act
- 119-hr-9298: Stopping Harmful and Outrageous Torts Act
- 119-hr-7452: Air Quality Act
- 119-hr-2395: SHORT Act

## Sources
- [119-hr-9649 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/9649)

## Related
- [119-hr-3132: CHOICE for Veterans Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3132)
- [119-hr-687: MERIT Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-687)
- [119-hr-4706: Protecting Our Farms and Homes from China Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4706)
- [119-hr-9298: Stopping Harmful and Outrageous Torts Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9298)
- [119-hr-7452: Air Quality Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7452)
- [119-hr-2395: SHORT Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2395)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9649 (as of 2026-08-02).