Increases jail time and immigration consequences for welfare fraud, and creates a new task force.
This bill would make penalties for welfare fraud much tougher, including longer prison sentences and new immigration consequences for noncitizens and naturalized citizens. It would also create a special government task force to investigate and recover money lost to welfare fraud, allowing for civil lawsuits and offering rewards to whistleblowers.
Currently, welfare fraud carries criminal penalties, and some fraud convictions can lead to immigration consequences. This bill would increase the maximum prison sentence for welfare fraud to 15 years and set minimum sentences for noncitizens and naturalized citizens. It would also create new ways for noncitizens to be deported and for naturalized citizens to lose their citizenship due to welfare fraud, while establishing a new government task force to investigate and recover funds.
S 3652 · 119th Congress · January 15, 2026 · AI Summary by gemini-2.5-flash · 9/10
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