HR 5348
Passed a chamber
Requires the Social Security Administration to issue a new account number to a child under 14 if a parent or guardian swears that the child's original card was lost or stolen and the number was exposed.
Official title: Social Security Child Protection Act of 2025
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Introduced
15-SEP-2025
Referred
15-SEP-2025
Approved by committee
17-SEP-2025
Reported
03-OCT-2025
On the calendar
03-OCT-2025
Passed
01-DEC-2025
Senate
Received
02-DEC-2025
- Applies to children under age 14 whose Social Security card was lost or stolen during mailing, compromising the number.
- Requires a parent or guardian to submit evidence under penalty of perjury, as determined acceptable by the Social Security Commissioner.
- Requires the Commissioner to issue a new number and record the loss or theft in the child's file.
- Takes effect 180 days after enactment.
Covers an older version. The newest CRS summary describes the bill as of "Introduced in House" (15-SEP-2025); the text has changed since (Engrossed in House, 01-DEC-2025).
CRS is the Library of Congress's nonpartisan research office. Read it on congress.gov- Ways and Means Committee (House)
- Finance Committee (Senate)
Social Welfare
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