Social Security bills in Congress
Retirement benefits, disability insurance, and trust fund solvency.
- Bills this Congress
- 130
- Enacted
- 0
What's moving
The most recent recorded action on any bill in this issue area — committee referrals, floor votes, signatures.
- H.R. 5345Improving Social Security’s Service to Victims of Identity Theft ActIntroducedDavid KustoffRTNSep 18, 2026
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- H.R. 10496To provide temporary reauthorization of demonstration authority and to direct the Commissioner of Social Security to carry out a demonstration project related to individuals who receive disability insurance benefits under title II of the Social Security Act.CommitteeJ. HillRARSep 17, 2026
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
- S. 5428A bill to amend titles II and XVIII of the Social Security Act to eliminate the disability insurance benefits waiting period for individuals with disabilities, and for other purposes.CommitteeAndy KimDNJSep 17, 2026
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
- H.R. 10243Protecting Elders From Government Error ActCommitteeClay HigginsRLASep 3, 2026
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
- H.R. 10235Protecting Our Widows and Widowers in Retirement ActCommitteeLinda SánchezDCASep 2, 2026
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
- H.R. 6488RESET ActCommitteeErin HouchinRINSep 1, 2026
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote.
- H.R. 10193We Can't Wait Act of 2026CommitteeCarol MillerRWVAug 31, 2026
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
- S. 5321A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to require coverage of, and expand access to, home and community-based services under the Medicaid program, to award grants for the creation, recruitment, training and education, retention, and advancement of the direct care workforce and to award grants to support family caregivers, and for other purposes.CommitteeBen LujánDNMAug 6, 2026
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
- S.Res. 832A resolution establishing a process to assure the long-term fiscal stability of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund.CommitteeBill CassidyRLAAug 6, 2026
Referred to the Committee on Finance.
- S. 3333Emergency Savings Enhancement Act of 2025IntroducedTodd YoungRINAug 5, 2026
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 544.
- H.R. 10023To eliminate asset limits employed by certain federally funded means-tested public assistance programs, and for other purposes.CommitteeJimmy GomezDCAAug 3, 2026
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Energy and Commerce, and Education and Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- S. 5186A bill to eliminate asset limits employed by certain federally funded means-tested public assistance programs, and for other purposes.CommitteeChristopher CoonsDDEJul 30, 2026
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
- H.R. 9994To amend part B of title IV of the Social Security to ensure that child protective services systems do not permit the separation of children from parents solely on the basis of poverty, and for other purposes.CommitteeGwen MooreDWIJul 30, 2026
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
- S. 5096A bill to amend section 477 of the Social Security Act to improve supports for expectant and parenting youth who have experienced foster care by strengthening coordination with the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program, and for other purposes.CommitteeTim ScottRSCJul 23, 2026
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
- H.R. 9940To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide a temporary higher Federal medical assistance percentage for Federal expenditures under the Medicaid program that are associated with the cost of compliance with certain Federal regulations with respect to services furnished in certain intermediate care facilities or home and community-based services furnished to individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.CommitteePaul TonkoDNYJul 23, 2026
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
- H.R. 8884Removing Barriers to Work for Disabled Americans ActIntroducedAustin ScottRGAJul 23, 2026
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- S. 5084A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to apply inflation adjustments to the base amount and adjusted base amount for purposes of determining taxable social security benefits.CommitteeJohn KennedyRLAJul 22, 2026
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
- H.R. 9853To establish a grant program to support students, families, and school personnel impacted by immigration enforcement actions to ensure that schools remain safe, trauma-informed learning environments, and for other purposes.CommitteeJesús GarcíaDILJul 22, 2026
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
- S. 5065A bill to amend the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to provide for better protections for children raised in kinship families outside of the foster care system.CommitteeMaggie HassanDNHJul 22, 2026
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
- H.R. 9878To amend the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to provide for better protections for children raised in kinship families outside of the foster care system.CommitteeMary Gay ScanlonDPAJul 22, 2026
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Recently introduced
The latest bills filed in this area, newest first.
- S. 5428
- H.R. 10496
- H.R. 10243Protecting Elders From Government Error ActCommitteeClay HigginsRLASep 3, 2026
- H.R. 10235Protecting Our Widows and Widowers in Retirement ActCommitteeLinda SánchezDCASep 2, 2026
- H.R. 10193We Can't Wait Act of 2026CommitteeCarol MillerRWVAug 31, 2026
- S.Res. 832
- S. 5321
- H.R. 10023To eliminate asset limits employed by certain federally funded means-tested public assistance programs, and for other purposes.CommitteeJimmy GomezDCAAug 3, 2026
- S. 5186A bill to eliminate asset limits employed by certain federally funded means-tested public assistance programs, and for other purposes.CommitteeChristopher CoonsDDEJul 30, 2026
- H.R. 9994
- H.R. 9940
- S. 5096
- H.R. 9878
- H.R. 9853
- S. 5065
- H.R. 9846
- S. 5084
- S. 5042A bill to protect our Social Security system and improve benefits for current and future generations.CommitteeRichard BlumenthalDCTJul 21, 2026
- H.R. 9796To amend the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 to reestablish the National Technical Assistance Center on Grandfamilies and Kinship Families.CommitteeSuzanne BonamiciDORJul 21, 2026
- H.R. 9763
- H.Res. 1432
- S. 5006A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to eliminate work disincentives for childhood disability beneficiaries.CommitteeRon WydenDORJul 15, 2026
- H.R. 9709
- S. 4979
- S. 4947A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to reauthorize demonstration authority for the disability insurance program.CommitteeEric SchmittRMOJul 13, 2026
- H.R. 9641Essential Caregivers Act of 2026CommitteeClaudia TenneyRNYJul 13, 2026
- H.R. 9519To protect our Social Security system and improve benefits for current and future generations.CommitteeJohn LarsonDCTJun 29, 2026
- H.R. 9485
- S. 4886A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to protect against high out-of-pocket expenditures for Medicare fee-for-service benefits, and to amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to enhance programs that protect low-income Medicare beneficiaries.CommitteeLisa Blunt RochesterDDEJun 24, 2026
- H.R. 9432LIFT the BAR ActCommitteePramila JayapalDWAJun 24, 2026