Social Security Child Protection Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5348 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5348

    To amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide for the
  reissuance of social security account numbers to young children in
           cases where confidentiality has been compromised.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 15, 2025

 Mr. Smucker 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 provide for the
  reissuance of social security account numbers to young children in
           cases where confidentiality has been compromised.

    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 Child Protection Act
of 2025''.

SEC. 2. REISSUANCE OF SOCIAL SECURITY ACCOUNT NUMBERS TO YOUNG CHILDREN
              IN CASES WHERE CONFIDENTIALITY HAS BEEN COMPROMISED.

    (a) In General.--Section 205(c)(2)(B) of the Social Security Act
(42 U.S.C. 405(c)(2)(B)) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating clause (iii) as clause (iv); and
            (2) by inserting after clause (ii) the following new
        clause:
    ``(iii) In any case in which a social security account number has
been issued to a child who has not attained the age of 14 pursuant to
subclause (IV) or (V) of clause (i) and it is demonstrated by evidence,
as determined by the Commissioner of Social Security, and submitted
under penalty of perjury to the Commissioner by a parent or guardian of
the child that in the course of transmission of the social security
card to the child, the confidentiality of such number has been
compromised by reason of loss or theft of such social security card,
the Commissioner shall issue a new social security account number to
such child and make note in the records maintained with respect to such
child of the pertinent information received by the Commissioner
regarding the loss or theft of the social security card.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall
take effect on the date that is 180 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act.
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