H.R. 10326 · Passed House · Government Operations and Politics

PROOF Act

Sponsor: Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ)

What it does

• Require states to provide information to the Department of Justice for investigating or prosecuting fraud in federally funded programs including Medicaid, SNAP, TANF, and coronavirus-related federal payments.
• Restrict federal agencies from using state-provided information for purposes other than law enforcement investigations and prosecutions related to fraud.
• Mandate the Department of Justice to submit annual reports to Congress documenting the number of state information requests issued, the programs involved, and fraud investigations and convictions resulting from the infor

Official summary

Preventing Rip-offs and Obtaining Oversight of Funds Act or the PROOF Act This bill requires states to provide such information as the Department of Justice (DOJ) may require for the purpose of investigating or prosecuting alleged fraud committed with regard to certain federally funded programs. Programs covered by this requirement include: Medicaid, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), certain federal payments and grants to state governments related to the coronavirus response, and any other program to which funds are made available to states and identified by DOJ as vulnerable to fraud. 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. 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.

Latest action

Sep 17, 2026: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Committee: Senate Judiciary