{"bill":{"id":"119-hr-3517","congress":119,"type":"HR","number":3517,"title":"Social Security Enhancement and Protection Act of 2025","originChamber":"House","introducedDate":"2025-05-20","sponsors":[{"bioguideId":"M001160","fullName":"Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4]","party":"D","state":"WI","district":4}],"cosponsorsCount":0,"latestAction":{"actionDate":"2025-05-20","text":"Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means."},"policyArea":"Social Welfare","subjects":[],"actions":[{"date":"2025-05-20","text":"Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"House floor actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2025-05-20","text":"Introduced in House","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"Library of Congress","hasVote":false},{"date":"2025-05-20","text":"Introduced in House","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"Library of Congress","hasVote":false}],"summary":"<p><strong>Social Security Enhancement and Protection Act of 2025</strong></p><p>This bill increases certain Social Security benefits, expands Social Security payroll taxes, and makes other changes to the Social Security program.</p><p>Under current law, Social Security has a <em>taxable maximum</em>, which refers to the maximum amount of a worker's earnings that are subject to Social Security payroll taxes (set at $176,100 in 2025). Additionally, the taxable maximum serves as the maximum amount of earnings used to calculate a worker's Social Security benefits.</p><p>This bill phases out the taxable maximum so as to apply payroll taxes to all earnings by 2035, and it revises the method used to calculate a worker’s Social Security benefits to account for earnings in excess of the taxable maximum. The bill also&nbsp;gradually increases the Social Security payroll tax applicable to workers and employers from 6.2% to 6.5% over six years.</p><p>Other changes to benefits include establishing a new method to calculate benefits for lifetime low earners and increasing benefits for certain beneficiaries on account of long-term eligibility. In addition, an eligible child of a retired, disabled, or deceased worker may continue to receive benefits through age 26, provided the child is a full-time student in postsecondary school.</p><p>An increase in Social Security benefits under these provisions may not be treated as income for purposes of determining eligibility for benefits, or the amount of any benefits, under a federal program or a state or local program financed with federal funds.</p>","updateDate":"2026-03-19T19:02:48Z"},"markets":[],"stateBills":[],"meta":{"sources":["congress.gov"],"latencyMs":274,"ts":"2026-04-19T09:58:01.443Z"},"nextActions":{"inspect":[],"related":[{"description":"Search related legislation","method":"GET","url":"/api/public/query-gov?q=Social%20Security%20Enhancement%20and%20Protection%20Act%20of%202025"}]}}