Will lower the Food and Nutrition Act criminal-penalty threshold for SNAP-related violations from $5,000 to $1,000.

William R. Timmons IV · South Carolina · Republican

policy impact 0.55 specificity 0.90 extraction confidence 82%

Commitment kind: outcome. Promised action: Amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 by replacing the $5,000 threshold in section 15(b)(1) with $1,000.. Promised outcome: Lower the threshold at which criminal penalties apply to Food and Nutrition Act violations from $5,000 to $1,000.. Deadline: unknown; not assumed expired. Introduced in the 119th Congress, 2nd Session, as H.R. 10219, the SNAP Fraud Accountability Act, by Rep. William R. Timmons IV.

Occurrences

To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to lower the threshold for which criminal penalties apply to a violation of that Act.

Timmons introduced a bill proposing to lower the criminal-penalty threshold for violations of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008.

bills-119hr10219ih.pdf
primary · other · model gpt-5.5

Evidence

verified · Source version 59466 · locator 1253

Mr. Timmons introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): Official GovInfo record shows Timmons introduced H.R. 10219 during the lookback window and it was referred to House committees, indicating effort but not enactment.

unresolved same_term A for effort

H.R. 10219 (IH) - SNAP Fraud Accountability Act - BILLS-119hr10219ih | Content Details | GovInfo
primary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 95%

unverified · Source version 59465 · locator unknown

Section 15(b)(1) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2024(b)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘$5,000’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘$1,000’’.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The introduced bill text directly matches the commitment by proposing to replace the $5,000 threshold with $1,000.

unresolved same_term A for effort

bills-119hr10219ih.pdf
primary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 96%

verified · Source version 50187 · locator 1580

The SNAP Fraud Accountability Act lowers that threshold from $5,000 to $1,000, ensuring those who deliberately defraud the program face consequences.

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): Timmons' official office announced the bill and described the intended threshold change, confirming a concrete attempt in the lookback window.

unresolved same_term A for effort

Timmons Introduces SNAP Fraud Accountability Act to Crack Down on Fraud and Protect Taxpayers | U.S. Representative William Timmons
primary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 90%

unverified · Source version 59468 · locator unknown

Text contains those laws in effect on September 17, 2026

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The official U.S. Code page was current through September 17, 2026, and still showed the Food and Nutrition Act penalty language using the existing $5,000 threshold, so the proposed change had not become law by the refresh date.

unresolved same_term

7 USC 2024: Violations and enforcement
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 88%

Assessments

Public state: pending As of 2026-09-18 · verified · . Original AI recommendation (not independently established): unresolved. unknown A for effort

The verified commitment was to amend the Food and Nutrition Act to lower the criminal-penalty threshold from $5,000 to $1,000. Verified evidence shows Timmons introduced H.R. 10219 and that it was referred to committees, and his office described the bill as lowering the threshold. However, the verified evidence does not show enactment or that the statutory threshold actually changed. Because this is an outcome promise and there is no documented expired deadline, introduction alone counts as effort but not delivery.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 92%