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The USDA plans an overhaul of the SNAP program, requiring all 42 million recipients to reapply for benefits.

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins cited concerns about fraud, though the Congressional Research Service describes SNAP fraud as rare.

Reapplying for benefits is a more intensive process than the current recertification system, which could burden state agencies.

Recent legislation already cut SNAP funding and tightened work requirements for many recipients.

The nearly 42 million low-income Americans on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, will have to reapply for benefits under a planned overhaul of the program in an effort to cut down on “fraud,” Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins told news outlets in the wake of the government re

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