Amends Part A (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) of title IV of the Social Security Act to prohibit: (1) the knowing and willful misrepresentation of a material fact in any application for aid; (2) the concealment or failure to disclose information with a fraudulent intent; or (3) the knowing and willful conversion of aid for the use or benefit of another.
Revises the fraud provisions of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 and titles XVI (Supplementary Security Income) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to establish as the minimum penalty the value of the benefit unlawfully received and as the maximum penalty the greater of such value or the fines currently provided.
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to condition the approval of State unemployment compensation laws on a requirement that a State prohibit knowing and willful misrepresentation with respect to such compensation and establish as a minimum penalty the value of the compensation unlawfully secured.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
Referred to House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Referred to Subcommittee on Domestic Marketing, Consumer Relations, and Nutrition.
Referred to Subcommittee on Public Assistance and Unemployment Compensation.
Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.
Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
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