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H.R. 5284119th CongressSocial Welfare
Claiming Age Clarity Act
Sponsored by Rep. Lloyd Smucker (R-PA) · 9 active : 6 Republicans, 3 Democrats
Latest action: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5184)
Where it standsBefore the House49 representatives score as swing votes
Passed both chambers, awaiting the President
- House: passedDec 1, 2025
- Senate: passedSep 29, 2026
- President: Awaiting action
Summary
, via Congress.govClaiming Age Clarity Act
This bill changes certain terms that are used by the Social Security Administration (SSA) to describe the ages at which a worker may claim Social Security retirement benefits.
First, the SSA must use
minimum monthly benefit age
instead of
early eligibility age
. This refers to the earliest age (62 under current law) at which a worker may claim benefits. (Currently, the benefit amount of a worker who claims benefits early is reduced to account for the longer period during which the worker is expected to receive benefits.)
Second, the SSA must use
standard monthly benefit age
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instead of
full retirement age
and
normal retirement age
. These terms refer to the age at which a worker may claim benefits without a reduction in the benefit amount. (Currently, this age ranges from 65 to 67, depending on the worker's year of birth.)
Finally, the SSA must use the term
maximum monthly benefit age
for any reference to age 70 as the maximum age at which a worker may receive delayed retirement credits. The SSA may not use the term
delayed retirement credit.
These terms refer to the mechanism that increases the benefit amount of a worker who delays claiming benefits after reaching the full retirement age. (Currently, a worker receives a credit for each month between the full retirement age and age 70 that the worker delays claiming benefits. Each credit increases the benefit amount that the worker will receive after claiming benefits by a specified percentage.)
How the projections held up
Each member’s recorded vote compared with their swing projection from before the vote. A member by voting against most of their own party.
House
Passed by voice vote or unanimous consent: no individual votes recorded.
Senate
Passed by voice vote or unanimous consent: no individual votes recorded.
Committees and subjects
Committees
- House Committee on Ways and Means · HouseReported by · Markup by · Referred to
- Senate Committee on Finance · SenateDischarged from · Referred to
Subjects
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Aging
- Social Security Administration
- Social security and elderly assistance
Model
Directional: count only breaks toward the other partyWhy do scores change?v3default (selected)v2 model swing-v2
How the Senate breaks down
- 15Swing 70–100
- 64Middle 30–70
- 21Entrenched 0–30
Members fall into . All 100 senators have enough data to score. The bill is not before the Senate right now; these scores show where members would stand.
Key players in the Senate
Ranked by swing score, 0–100 · swing-v3, directional: only movement toward the other party counts, so members who sit further from the center than their party no longer score as swing votes.
Bars show each input from 0 to 100: ideology gap, scorecard gap, , and the . is the seat’s partisan lean, and shows how much of the input data a score has.
Similar past votes, Senate
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Cosponsors
9 activeShow all 9 cosponsors
- Aaron Bean (R-FL-4)
- Donald S. Beyer (D-VA-8)
- Thomas R. Suozzi (D-NY-3)
- Ben Cline (R-VA-6)
- Blake D. Moore (R-UT-1)
- Rudy Yakym (R-IN-2)
- Mike Kelly (R-PA-16)
- Eugene Simon Vindman (D-VA-7)
- Mike Carey (R-OH-15)
How the swing score works
Ideology gapHow far a member’s DW-NOMINATE voting score sits from their party’s median in the same chamber.
Scorecard gapHow far their Heritage Action and LCV ratings stray from their party’s average, using the groups’ votes on similar bills where available.
Cross-pressureHow strongly their district or state leans toward the other party, from our own computed partisan lean.
Similar votesHow often they voted against their own party on earlier roll calls about this bill or similar ones.
Committee bonusMembers of the committees handling the bill decide whether it moves, so they get a boost.
Cosponsor checkThe sponsor and active cosponsors have already committed, so they drop toward entrenched.
