Social Welfare
Social safety net and assistance programs.
Improving Social Security’s Service to Victims of Identity Theft Act
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
A bill to amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to allow benefits under the supplemental nutrition assistance program to be used to purchase on-campus meals.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
A bill to amend titles II and XVIII of the Social Security Act to eliminate the disability insurance benefits waiting period for individuals with disabilities, and for other purposes.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
To provide temporary reauthorization of demonstration authority and to direct the Commissioner of Social Security to carry out a demonstration project related to individuals who receive disability insurance benefits under title II of the Social Security Act.
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Empowering Moms Act
Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 25 - 13.
Survivor Benefits Application Modernization Act
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
A bill to amend the Department of Energy Organization Act to require that financial assistance provided by the Department of Energy promote high labor standards, community benefits, domestic manufacturing, and support for small or disadvantaged communities, and for other purposes.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
AACCENT Act
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Protecting Elders From Government Error Act
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Protecting Our Widows and Widowers in Retirement Act
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
We Can't Wait Act of 2026
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
A resolution establishing a process to assure the long-term fiscal stability of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund.
Referred to the Committee on Finance. (text: CR S4521-4523)
A bill to provide for the automatic establishment of Trump accounts using information collected under the Enumeration at Birth Program of the Social Security Administration.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
ASSET Act
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Energy and Commerce, and Education and Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
ASSET Act
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Removing Barriers to Work for Disabled Americans Act
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Social Security 2100 Act
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
SWIFT Act of 2026
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Work Without Worry Act of 2026
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Of inquiry requesting the President and directing the Secretary of Health and Human Services to transmit, respectively, certain documents to the House of Representatives relating to the freeze on State-based Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, Child Care and Development Fund, and Social Services Block Grant payments for California, Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota, and New York.
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Older Americans Act Reauthorization Act of 2025
Held at the desk.
Securing Healthcare and Income Entitlements for Lawfully Domiciled Citizens (SHIELD Citizens) Act
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Financial Services, Education and Workforce, and Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
PROMISE Act of 2026
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S3942-3946; text: CR S3943-3946)
Removing Barriers to Work for Disabled Americans Act
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
LIFT the BAR Act
Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture.
Social Security 2100 Act
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Workforce, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Supporting Our Direct Care Workforce and Family Caregivers Act
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Stephen Wira ABLE Act
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Addressing SILO Act of 2026
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Workforce Dignity Act
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Small Business, and Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Strengthening Social Security Act of 2026
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Multigenerational Care and Support Act
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Bipartisan Social Security Commission Act of 2026
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Upward Mobility Act of 2026
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Hearings held.
Preventing Waste, Fraud, and Abuse in TANF Act
POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - Pursuant to clause 1(c) of rule XIX, the Chair announced further proceedings on H.R. 8872 is postponed.
Commission on Sustaining Medicare and Social Security Act of 2026
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Elder Pride Act
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Elder Pride Act of 2026
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Ending child poverty.
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
A resolution designating May 2026 as "Older Americans Month".
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S2452; text: CR S2446)
Upward Mobility Act of 2026
Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture.
PLAN Act of 2026
Referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Of inquiry requesting the President of the United States to furnish certain information to the House of Representatives relating to access to and usage of NUMIDENT, death information, and other personally identifiable information in the possession of the Social Security Administration by an individual acting for or on behalf of the Department of Government Efficiency.
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Clergy Act
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Social Security Caregiver Credit Act of 2026
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
RECON Act
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Social Security Caregiver Credit Act of 2026
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Home Modifications for the Climate Crisis Act
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Senior Citizens’ Freedom to Work Act of 2026
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Blind Americans Return to Work Act of 2026
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.