H.R. 5284 · 119th Congress

Claiming Age Clarity Act

Introduced on Sep 10, 2025 by Lloyd Smucker (R-PA-11). 9 cosponsors, 3 of them from another party. Latest action (Sep 29, 2026): Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5184)

Stage
Passed both chambers
Introduced
Sep 10, 2025
Cosponsors
9
3 from the other party
Policy area
Social Welfare
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Progress

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  1. Introduced
  2. Reported by committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

To require the Social Security Administration to make changes to the social security terminology used in the rules, regulation, guidance, or other materials of the Administration.

Subjects

  • Administrative law and regulatory procedures
  • Aging
  • Social Security Administration
  • Social security and elderly assistance

Summary

By the Congressional Research Service (Introduced in House, Sep 10, 2025). Public domain.

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.)

Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Lloyd SmuckerR-PA-11Sponsor

Democrats · 3

Republicans · 6

Roll calls

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History

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  1. Sep 10, 2025Introduced in House
  2. Sep 10, 2025Introduced in House
  3. Sep 10, 2025 · HouseReferred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
  4. Sep 17, 2025 · HouseCommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
  5. Sep 17, 2025 · HouseOrdered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 41 - 1.
  6. Oct 3, 2025Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 119-330.
  7. Oct 3, 2025 · HouseReported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 119-330.
  8. Oct 3, 2025 · HousePlaced on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 283.
  9. Dec 1, 2025 · HouseMr. Smith (MO) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
  10. Dec 1, 2025 · HouseConsidered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4937-4938)
  11. Dec 1, 2025 · HouseDEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5284.
  12. 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)
  13. Dec 1, 2025 · HouseOn motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4937)
  14. Dec 1, 2025 · HouseMotion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  15. Dec 2, 2025 · SenateReceived in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
  16. Sep 29, 2026Senate Committee on Finance discharged by Unanimous Consent.
  17. Sep 29, 2026 · SenateSenate Committee on Finance discharged by Unanimous Consent.
  18. Sep 29, 2026Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5184)
  19. Sep 29, 2026 · SenatePassed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5184)

Committees

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Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction

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Who lobbied on it

Organizations whose lobbying reports (LD-2) name this measure. Spending is what they reported for those quarters on all issues, not on this measure alone.

  1. AARP4 reports
    $17.1M reported (all issues)
  2. AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC.1 report
    $320K reported (all issues)

Reports filed in 2025, 2026.

Sources and method

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  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 10, 2026 · loaded Oct 10, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 10, 2026 · loaded Oct 10, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.