House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Social Security Survivor Benefits Equity Act
Official title: 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.
Sponsor: Rep. Gabe Amo D-RIWhere it went
- IntroducedDec 4, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 4, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6424.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. AMO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 203, December 4, 2025, Page H5051):Article I.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 4, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 10 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6424, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/6424
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 9, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 11, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
7 cosponsors — 7 Democrats
0 of 7 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Becca Balint (D-VT), Seth Magaziner (D-RI), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Lateefah Simon (D-CA), Darren Soto (D-FL), Maxine Waters (D-CA).
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Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.