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____ Act

House

Limits Social Security child’s benefits for certain full-time elementary and secondary school students age 18 or older when the worker on whose record benefits are paid is at least 67, receives Social Security, and earns over $125,000 annually

Latest action: Tue Jan 21 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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A resolution declaring August 14, 2025, as "National Save Social Security Day".

Senate

Declares August 14, 2025, as National Save Social Security Day to formally recognize that observance

Latest action: Wed Jul 30 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Marriage Equality for Disabled Adults Act

House

Removes marriage-based eligibility restrictions for disabled adult children receiving Social Security, SSI, and related Medicaid coverage

Latest action: Fri Feb 14 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Ending Improper Payments to Deceased People Act

Senate

Permanently allows Treasury to use Social Security death records to prevent and recover improper payments while tightening standards for listing someone as deceased

Latest action: Tue Feb 10 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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No Tax on Social Security

House

Excludes Social Security and Tier I railroad retirement benefits from federal taxable income while funding related trust fund transfer offsets

Latest action: Fri Jan 31 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Ending Improper Payments to Deceased People Act

House

Permanently allows Treasury to use Social Security death records to identify and prevent improper payments to deceased individuals through the Do Not Pay system

Latest action: Wed Jan 07 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Protecting Social Security Act

House

Guarantees full Social Security and disability benefit payments during trust fund insolvency, creates fast-track congressional procedures for insolvency legislation, and keeps SSA field offices in large counties

Latest action: Tue Feb 04 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Social Security Expansion Act

Senate

Increase Social Security benefits and payroll tax coverage while revising cost of living adjustments, student survivor eligibility, and trust fund structure

Latest action: Thu Feb 27 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Claiming Age Clarity Act

House

Changes Social Security retirement benefit claiming terminology by renaming the ages used for reduced, standard, and maximum monthly benefits

Latest action: Tue Dec 02 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Social Security Expansion Act

House

Increase Social Security benefits and payroll tax coverage while changing cost-of-living adjustments, student survivor benefits, and trust fund structure

Latest action: Thu Feb 27 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Claiming Age Clarity Act

Senate

Changes Social Security retirement benefit age terminology by requiring the Social Security Administration to use clearer names for claiming ages and age 70 credit references

Latest action: Tue Apr 29 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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A resolution affirming the importance of the Social Security program to the people of the United States and expressing the sense of the Senate that Social Security must be preserved, protected, and strengthened for current and future generations.

Senate

Affirms the importance of Social Security and states the Senate's view that the program should be preserved protected and strengthened for current and future generations

Latest action: Thu Jan 08 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Social Security Child Protection Act of 2025

House

Directs the Social Security Administration to issue a new Social Security number for a child under age 14 when a mailed Social Security card is lost or stolen

Latest action: Tue Dec 02 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Affirming the President's promise not to raise the Social Security and Medicare retirement age.

House

Expresses support for keeping the Social Security and Medicare retirement age from being increased, affirming the President's stated promise

Latest action: Fri Aug 15 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Protect Our Seniors Act

Senate

Establishes Senate budget points of order against measures that cut Medicare or Social Security benefits or use Medicare savings for unrelated provisions

Latest action: Wed Jan 08 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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No Social Security for Illegal Aliens Act of 2025

House

Excludes unauthorized noncitizens' wages and self-employment income from counting toward Social Security eligibility and benefit calculations, including past earnings

Latest action: Mon Feb 10 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Clergy Act

Senate

Establishes a two-year period for clergy and Christian Science practitioners to revoke prior Social Security and Medicare tax exemptions on ministerial earnings

Latest action: Wed Feb 19 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Safeguarding Social Security and Medicare Act

House

Requires the Government Accountability Office to study how inflation and cost of living increases affect Medicare and Social Security and recommend actions to Congress

Latest action: Thu Feb 13 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Clergy Act

House

Establishes a two-year period for certain clergy and Christian Science practitioners to revoke prior exemptions from Social Security and Medicare taxes on ministerial earnings

Latest action: Tue Apr 28 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Condemning actors seeking to defraud the United States Government, and expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that governmentwide fraud and improper payment prevention reforms will meaningfully improve the financial prosperity of the United States, and that Federal program eligibility should be verified before payment.

House

Condemns efforts to defraud the federal government and states that fraud prevention reforms and prepayment eligibility verification should guide federal payments

Latest action: Thu Jun 11 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026

House

Funds FY2026 programs and agencies in Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and related agencies, while setting conditions and restrictions on how appropriated money may be used

Latest action: Thu Sep 11 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Social Security and Medicare Lock-Box Act

House

Establishes protected surplus accounts for Social Security and Medicare trust funds and bars investing those balances beyond U.S. obligations until authorized by law

Latest action: Tue Feb 11 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Default Prevention Act

House

Exempts specified federal debt and benefit payments from the debt limit and sets Treasury payment priorities and reporting requirements once the limit is reached

Latest action: Fri Jan 03 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

LASSO Act

House

Requires part of federal public lands revenue, including Outer Continental Shelf submerged lands revenue, to be deposited into the Social Security retirement trust fund

Latest action: Tue Feb 10 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2025 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2026 through 2034.

Senate

Establishes the congressional budget for fiscal year 2025 through 2034, including deficit-changing reconciliation instructions and budget enforcement procedures

Latest action: Fri Feb 21 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

A concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2026 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2027 through 2035.

Senate

Establishes the congressional budget for fiscal year 2026 and sets budgetary levels and enforcement rules through 2035

Latest action: Tue Sep 16 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Native ELDER Act

Senate

Establishes a tribal advisory committee and updates grants and federal reporting for services to older American Indians Alaska Natives and Native Hawaiians

Latest action: Wed Mar 05 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2027 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2028 through 2036.

House

Establishes the congressional budget for fiscal year 2027, sets budget levels through 2036, and includes reconciliation and budget enforcement procedures

Latest action: Thu Jul 23 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Pre-Payment Fraud Prevention and Treasury Data Access Act

House

Expands federal pre-payment checks and Do Not Pay screening to prevent and recover improper payments of federal funds

Latest action: Tue Jun 09 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

A resolution designating March 6, 2025, as "National Slam the Scam Day" to raise awareness about pervasive scams and to promote education to prevent government imposter scams and other types of scams.

Senate

Designates March 6, 2025, as National Slam the Scam Day to raise awareness and education about government imposter scams and other scams

Latest action: Thu Mar 06 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

A resolution designating March 5, 2026, as "National Slam the Scam Day" to raise awareness about pervasive scams and to prevent government imposter scams and other types of scams by promoting education about such scams.

Senate

Designates March 5, 2026, as National Slam the Scam Day to increase public awareness of scams through scam education and prevention outreach

Latest action: Wed Apr 15 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026

Senate

Appropriate FY2026 funding for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, related agencies, and rules on fund use

Latest action: Thu Jul 31 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

A concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2026 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2027 through 2035.

Senate

Establishes the congressional budget for fiscal year 2026, sets budget levels through 2035, and directs reconciliation for deficit-increasing immigration enforcement and border security legislation

Latest action: Wed Apr 29 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026

House

Funds multiple federal departments and agencies for the rest of FY2026, continues Homeland Security funding temporarily, and extends several expiring federal programs and authorities

Latest action: Tue Feb 03 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025

House

Provides full-year FY2025 continuing appropriations for federal agencies and extends multiple expiring health and other federal programs and authorities through FY2025

Latest action: Sat Mar 15 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026

House

Extends continuing appropriations for agriculture, the legislative branch, and military construction and veterans affairs, while continuing related extensions for fiscal year 2026

Latest action: Wed Nov 12 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)