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Claiming Age Clarity Act

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.

Introduced Apr 29, 2025

Latest action (Apr 29, 2025) Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Referred to
Finance Committee
Policy area
Social Welfare
Legislative subjects (4)
Administrative law and regulatory proceduresAgingSocial Security AdministrationSocial security and elderly assistance

Summary

This bill requires the Social Security Administration to change terminology used in its rules, regulations, guidance, and materials by January 1, 2027. The changes include replacing "early eligibility age" with "minimum monthly benefit age," replacing "full retirement age" and "normal retirement age" with "standard monthly benefit age," and eliminating the term "delayed retirement credit" and replacing references to age 70 as the maximum age for such credits with "maximum monthly benefit age."

AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill text — neutral, and may be imperfect. See the full text below for the exact wording.

Sponsor (1)
14 cosponsors

Money behind the sponsor

Top reported contributors to Bill Cassidy’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.

  • ANDREESSEN HOROWITZ $59,100
  • GENERAL ATLANTIC $37,700
  • WELSH CARSON ANDERSON & STOWE $33,870
  • OCHSNER HEALTH SYSTEM $33,250
  • RA CAPITAL MANAGEMENT $30,200

Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Bill Cassidy → · Outside spending →

Actions (2)
  1. Apr 29, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. · senate
  2. Apr 29, 2025 Introduced in Senate

More bills on these subjects (8)

Other bills that carry the most legislative subjects in common with this one (topical discovery — distinct from the procedural related bills above).

  • HR 5304 — Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026 (shares 3 subjects)
  • HR 191 — Inflation Reduction Act of 2025 (shares 3 subjects)
  • HR 3358 — Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2018 (shares 3 subjects)
  • HCONRES 113 — Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2027 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2028 through 2036. (shares 2 subjects)
  • HR 9770 — Continuing Appropriations Act, 2027 (shares 2 subjects)
  • HR 8463 — Pre-Payment Fraud Prevention and Treasury Data Access Act (shares 2 subjects)
  • SCONRES 33 — A concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2026 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2027 through 2035. (shares 2 subjects)
  • HR 7148 — Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026 (shares 2 subjects)

Similar bills (6)

Bills with similar text or summary — includes reintroductions across Congresses. Ranked by semantic similarity of the bill text (computed locally); a neutral discovery aid, not a claim the bills are duplicates.

  • S 2614 — Protecting and Preserving Social Security Act · Introduced Jul 31, 2025 · Cong. 119 76%
  • S 1505 — A bill to ensure that Social Security beneficiaries receive regular statements from the Social Security Administration, and for other purposes. · Introduced Apr 29, 2025 · Cong. 119 75%
  • HR 5306 — Social Security 2100 Act · Introduced Nov 17, 2014 · Cong. 113 75%
  • HR 3695 — Social Security Access Act · Introduced Jun 3, 2025 · Cong. 119 74%
  • S 358 — RETIREES FIRST Act · Introduced Feb 3, 2025 · Cong. 119 73%
  • S 1234 — SSI Savings Penalty Elimination Act · Introduced Apr 1, 2025 · Cong. 119 72%

Full text

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

April 29, 2025

Mr. Cassidy (for himself, Mr. Coons, Ms. Collins, and Mr. Kaine) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance

A BILL

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.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the “Claiming Age Clarity Act”.

SEC. 2. CHANGES TO SOCIAL SECURITY TERMINOLOGY.

Not later than January 1, 2027, the Commissioner of Social Security shall ensure that, in any rules, regulation, guidance, or other materials of the Social Security Administration, whether online or in print—

(1) the term “early eligibility age” is replaced with the term “minimum monthly benefit age”;

(2) the terms “full retirement age” and “normal retirement age” are replaced with the term “standard monthly benefit age”; and

(3) the term “delayed retirement credit” shall not be used and any reference to age 70 as the maximum age up to which delayed retirement credits can be received shall be replaced with the term “maximum monthly benefit age”. <all>

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