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H.R. 5284

Claiming Age Clarity Act

Finance Committee, Ways and Means Committee · Rep. Lloyd Smucker (R-PA)

The bill would require the Social Security Administration to change the terminology it uses when describing when workers can claim retirement benefits. Specifically, it would replace "early eligibility age" with "minimum monthly benefit age," "full retirement age" and "normal retirement age" with "standard monthly benefit age," and introduce "maximum monthly benefit age" for age 70, while eliminating the term "delayed retirement credit" from SSA materials.[AI-Generated]

Record as of 29 September 2026 — the most recent action in the official record. Status can lag; each step below carries its own date.

1. 29 September 2026 Passed Senate (unanimous consent)

   What's next: Presidential review (±10 days)

2. 29 September 2026 Discharged from committee (Senate)
   1 more action

   1. 2 December 2025 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
3. 1 December 2025 Passed House with amendment
   4 more actions

   1. 1 December 2025 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
   2. 1 December 2025 DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5284.
   3. 1 December 2025 Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4937-4938)
   4. 1 December 2025 Mr. Smith (MO) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
4. 3 October 2025 Placed on calendar (House)
5. 3 October 2025 Reported by committee
   2 more actions

   1. 17 September 2025 Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 41 - 1.
   2. 17 September 2025 Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
6. 10 September 2025 Referred to committee
7. 10 September 2025 Introduced in House

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