Social Security Expansion Act
House Democrats' Social Security Expansion Act Would Raise Benefits, Extend Coverage to Students Through Age 22
Stalled
No legislative action in over 90 days.
Legislative Progress
Key Points
- Raises Social Security retirement and disability benefits starting Jan. 1, 2026, including a bigger baseline benefit formula for many people.
- Changes future Social Security cost-of-living raises to use an inflation measure focused on older adults (CPI-E), which could better match seniors’ costs over time.
- Boosts the minimum Social Security benefit for people who worked many years but earned low wages, tied to the poverty guideline and years worked.
- Extends Social Security benefits for some children up to age 22 if they are full-time students (especially for kids of disabled workers or deceased workers).
- Pays for the changes by adding Social Security payroll taxes on earnings above the usual wage cap and also on earnings above $250,000, plus a much higher tax on investment income. It also combines the two main trust funds into one Social Security Trust Fund.
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Milestones
Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
Sent to a congressional committee for expert review. The committee decides whether this bill moves forward.
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Workforce, and Transportation and Infrastructure, 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.
Sent to a congressional committee for expert review. The committee decides whether this bill moves forward.
Introduced in House
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Source Information
Document Type
Congressional Bill
Official Title
Social Security Expansion Act
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