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Vance Urges Congress to Lock In Data Sharing and Harsher Penalties as White House Publishes Fraud Ledger

The administration says a new law would lock in task-force gains, expand prosecutions, and grant federal access to state benefit data, according to senior officials.

WASHINGTON, DC - AUGUST 05: U.S. Vice President JD Vance (2nd L) speaks as White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy and the Homeland Security Advisor Stephen Miller (L) and Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Andrew Ferguson (R) listen during a Congressional Roundtable on Anti-Fraud Initiatives as White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy and the Homeland Security Advisor Stephen Miller (L) looks on at the Indian Treaty Room of Eisenhower Executive Office Building on August 5, 2026 in Washington, DC. Vice President Vance held a roundtable to focus on legislative actions to support the administration’s ongoing federal fraud crackdown. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 28: U.S. Vice President JD Vance speaks during a Congressional Tribute to the late U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol on July 28, 2026 in Washington, DC. Graham, who was elected to the Senate in 2002, died suddenly on July 11th from an aortic dissection. He was 71 years old. (Photo by Jim Lo Scalzo-Pool/Getty Images)
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WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 27: U.S. Vice President JD Vance speaks during a Fraud Task Force meeting in the Indian Treaty Room at the White House on March 27, 2026 in Washington, DC. Vice President JD Vance held the Fraud Task Force Meeting with aims to reduce federal spending by identifying misuse of federal funds. (Photo by Heather Diehl/Getty Images)

Overview

  • Vice President J.D. Vance convened Republican lawmakers at a White House roundtable on Wednesday to press Congress to make the task force’s anti-fraud measures permanent.
  • The White House launched a public website called the Fraud Ledger that lists roughly $230 billion in suspected fraud identified since January 2025 and about $56 billion in payments the task force says it stopped.
  • Administration proposals include mandatory state-federal data sharing and verification for programs like SNAP and Medicaid, plus a 10-point package of operational reforms from the Domestic Policy Council.
  • Senior officials asked Congress to create stiffer criminal penalties and mandatory minimums for program fraud, and the Justice Department said it is expanding health-care fraud enforcement, including new charges in Pennsylvania and a strike-force expansion to Philadelphia.
  • Lawmakers face legal and political hurdles because the plans require state cooperation and raise privacy and federalism questions, and the outcome will shape whether the task force’s gains are codified into lasting law.