Claiming Age Clarity Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5284 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5284

 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.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 10, 2025

   Mr. Smucker (for himself, Mr. Beyer, Mr. Bean of Florida, and Mr.
   Suozzi) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
                      Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 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''.
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