{"format":1,"id":"119-hr-10326","congress":119,"number":"H.R. 10326","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"Preventing Rip-offs and Obtaining Oversight of Funds Act","title_source":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","official_title":"To enhance information-sharing capabilities between Federal law enforcement and State agencies to detect, investigate, and prosecute fraud in certain Federal programs, and to protect individual privacy.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"To enhance information-sharing capabilities between Federal law enforcement and State agencies to detect, investigate, and prosecute fraud in certain Federal programs, and to protect individual privacy."},{"type":"Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text","title":"Preventing Rip-offs and Obtaining Oversight of Funds Act"},{"type":"Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text","title":"PROOF Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"Preventing Rip-offs and Obtaining 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(SNAP),","d":1},{"k":"li","t":"Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF),","d":1},{"k":"li","t":"certain federal payments and grants to state governments related to the coronavirus response, and","d":1},{"k":"li","t":"any other program to which funds are made available to states and identified by DOJ as vulnerable to fraud.","d":1},{"k":"p","t":"A federal agency may only use such information for law enforcement purposes related to fraud and may not disclose it for any unrelated administrative or commercial purpose."},{"k":"p","t":"DOJ must annually report to Congress on the number of requests for information issued to state agencies under this bill, the programs with respect to which such requests were made, and the number of fraud investigations initiated and convictions secured using the information obtained."}],"words":167},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Requires State officials who administer listed federal programs to give the Attorney General information on request for fraud investigations and prosecutions, and sets privacy, use and reporting rules for that information.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/10326/text/eh#H68D41C6805A14CF5BF75CD526C439C36"},{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/10326/text/eh#H8CDE0CB01B3F4842A5283BEDA9D9F7C7"},{"label":"Sec. 4","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/10326/text/eh#H67D07CDE3A4F4E0D83B31AA772C929BB"}]},"core_areas":["Attorney General access to State program information for fraud investigations","Federal programs covered, including Medicaid, SNAP, TANF and unemployment compensation","Privacy and security safeguards for information obtained","Annual reporting to the Judiciary Committees"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Requires the head of a State administering a listed program to provide the information the Attorney General may require, upon written request, for investigating or prosecuting alleged fraud in that program.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/10326/text/eh#H68D41C6805A14CF5BF75CD526C439C36"}},{"text":"Lists the covered programs, including State Medicaid plans, the supplemental nutrition assistance program, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, State unemployment compensation programs, the Community Development Block Grant program, and any other State-funded program the Attorney General identifies as vulnerable to fraud.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/10326/text/eh#H68D41C6805A14CF5BF75CD526C439C36"}},{"text":"Applies the information requirement to identity verification records, benefit disbursement logs, provider billing statements, demographic information directly related to an active fraud investigation, and any other information the Attorney General determines appropriate.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 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of enactment and annually after, on the number of requests issued, the programs involved, and the number of fraud investigations initiated and convictions secured using the information.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 4","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/10326/text/eh#H67D07CDE3A4F4E0D83B31AA772C929BB"}}],"unexpected":[],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2026-09-16","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/10326/text/eh"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-10-12","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/10326","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/10326/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/119-hr-10326.png","v":"5c59875ab52f","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 10326, 119th Congress: Preventing Rip-offs and Obtaining Oversight of Funds Act. House: 217 Yea, 207 Nay. Senate: not yet considered. Outcome: Passed House, 16 Sep 2026."}}