Social Security Survivor Benefits Equity Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6424 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 6424

 To amend title II of the Social Security Act to update the amount of
   Social Security lump sum death payments and index lump sum death
                         payments to inflation.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            December 4, 2025

 Mr. Amo (for himself, Ms. Pingree, Ms. Balint, Ms. Norton, Ms. Simon,
and Mr. Magaziner) introduced the following bill; which was referred to
                    the Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL

 To amend title II of the Social Security Act to update the amount of
   Social Security lump sum death payments and index lump sum death
                         payments to inflation.

    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 ``Social Security Survivor Benefits
Equity Act''.

SEC. 2. UPDATING AND INDEXING THE AMOUNT OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY LUMP
              SUM DEATH PAYMENT.

    (a) In General.--Section 202(i) of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 402(i)) is amended, in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by
striking ``three times'' and all that follows through ``smaller,'' and
inserting ``$2,900 (or, in the case of such an insured individual who
dies in a calendar year after 2025, an amount equal to $2,900 increased
by the percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage
Earners and Clerical Workers for the period that begins with October
2024 and ends with October of the calendar year preceding the calendar
year involved and rounded to the nearest multiple of $10)''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall take
effect on January 1, 2025, and shall apply to lump sum death payments
payable under section 202(i) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
402(i)) with respect to individuals who die on or after such date.
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