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Bill · 119th Congress

H.R. 5284

Claiming Age Clarity Act

Passed CongressIntroduced Sep 10, 2025Topic: Social Welfare →
  1. 01 Introduced
  2. 02 Committee
  3. 03 Passed House
  4. 04 Passed Senate
  5. 05 To President
  6. 06 Law

Latest action · Oct 14, 2026
Message on Senate action sent to the House.

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What this bill does

Claiming Age Clarity Act

This bill changes certain terms that are used by the Social Security Administration (SSA) to describe the ages at which a worker may claim Social Security retirement benefits.

First, the SSA must use minimum monthly benefit age instead of early eligibility age. This refers to the earliest age (62 under current law) at which a worker may claim benefits. (Currently, the benefit amount of a worker who claims benefits early is reduced to account for the longer period during which the worker is expected to receive benefits.)

Second, the SSA must use standard monthly benefit age instead of full retirement age and normal retirement age. These terms refer to the age at which a worker may claim benefits without a reduction in the benefit amount. (Currently, this age ranges from 65 to 67, depending on the worker's year of birth.)

Finally, the SSA must use the term maximum monthly benefit age for any reference to age 70 as the maximum age at which a worker may receive delayed retirement credits. The SSA may not use the term delayed retirement credit. These terms refer to the mechanism that increases the benefit amount of a worker who delays claiming benefits after reaching the full retirement age. (Currently, a worker receives a credit for each month between the full retirement age and age 70 that the worker delays claiming benefits. Each credit increases the benefit amount that the worker will receive after claiming benefits by a specified percentage.)

Congressional Research Service · Introduced in House · Sep 10, 2025

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Timeline

  1. Oct 14, 2026Message on Senate action sent to the House.
  2. Sep 29, 2026Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5184)
  3. Sep 29, 2026Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5184)
  4. Sep 29, 2026Senate Committee on Finance discharged by Unanimous Consent.
  5. Dec 2, 2025Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
  6. Dec 1, 2025Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  7. Dec 1, 2025On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4937)
  8. Dec 1, 2025Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4937)
  9. Dec 1, 2025DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5284.
  10. Dec 1, 2025Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4937-4938)
  11. Dec 1, 2025Mr. Smith (MO) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
  12. Oct 3, 2025Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 283.
  13. Oct 3, 2025Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 119-330.
  14. Sep 17, 2025Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 41 - 1.
  15. Sep 17, 2025Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
  16. Sep 10, 2025Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
  17. Sep 10, 2025Introduced in House

Cosponsors

9 members

Details

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Subject tags · 4

Administrative law and regulatory proceduresAgingSocial Security AdministrationSocial security and elderly assistance