21 Blue States Refuse To Turn Over Their Data On The SNAP Program

[80zephyr]

Don't listen to me listen to the courts which consistently say:
§2020(a)(3)
→ allows USDA audit access only to the extent necessary to verify program integrity.
§2020(e)(8)
→ prohibits creating a “national registry” of SNAP recipients and prohibits bulk personal-data handover unless specifically authorized.

This is exactly why judges in 2025 granted injunctions blocking USDA’s attempt to require states to send complete personal data files for all SNAP recipients.

The courts ruled:
✔ USDA can demand audits
✖ USDA cannot require states to transmit all individual personal data into a federal database unless the statute expressly authorizes it — and §2020(e)(8) restricts, not expands, those disclosures.

§2020(a)(3)
→ allows USDA audit access only to the extent necessary to verify program integrity.

I would think you would need lists of people to verify program integrity.