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HR 5348 · 119th Congress · HouseIn committee

Social Security Child Protection Act of 2025

Provisional: our plain-language summary, pending review.

In plain language: Parents and guardians can obtain a new Social Security number for a child under 14 if the child's card is lost or stolen in the mail before it arrives. To qualify, a parent must submit sworn evidence showing that the card was compromised during delivery. Once verified, the Social Security Administration must issue a completely new number and document the missing card in the child's official records.

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People affected—Not determinable from the text; applies only to children under age 14 whose Social Security cards are lost or stolen during transmission.
Fiscal magnitude—The text contains no appropriations, authorizations, or specific fiscal figures.
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Issues

What this bill touches.

Market protections+24Personal data & privacy+18

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Who it affects

Who it helps · who it burdens.

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Who it helps

  • Children under age 14 with lost or stolen Social Security cardsChildren under 14 whose Social Security cards are lost or stolen in transit gain the right to receive a brand-new Social Security number to protect their identity and have the incident recorded in their official records.provisional
  • Parents and guardians of affected childrenParents or legal guardians gain a formal mechanism to protect their young child's identity by obtaining a replacement Social Security number if the original card was lost or stolen in the mail, upon submitting evidence under penalty of perjury.provisional

Who it burdens

  • Social Security AdministrationMust process evidence submitted by parents under penalty of perjury, issue new Social Security numbers to eligible children under age 14, and update administrative records to note the loss or theft.provisional

Dollar-level funding (FEC sector totals) is coming in a later phase.

What it does

The provisions, in plain language.

Provisional: our reading of what the bill does, pending review.

  1. Requires the Social Security Administration, starting 180 days after enactment, to issue a new Social Security number to a child under age 14 and record the incident if a parent or guardian submits evidence under penalty of perjury that the child's card was lost or stolen in the mail.

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The record

How members voted on Social Security Child Protection Act of 2025.

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  • House · Dec 1, 2025 · 2/3 YEA-AND-NAY

    On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · Passed

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Timeline

How it moved.

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  1. Dec 2, 2025Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
  2. Dec 1, 2025Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  3. Dec 1, 2025On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 386 - 0, 1 Present (Roll no. 306). (text: CR H4939-4940)
  4. Dec 1, 2025Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 386 - 0, 1 Present (Roll no. 306). (text: CR H4939-4940)
  5. Dec 1, 2025Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H4954)
  6. Dec 1, 2025At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
  7. Dec 1, 2025DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5348.
  8. Dec 1, 2025Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4939-4940)
  9. Dec 1, 2025Mr. Smith (MO) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
  10. Oct 3, 2025Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 282.
  11. Oct 3, 2025Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 119-329.
  12. Sep 17, 2025Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 43 - 1.
  13. Sep 17, 2025Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
  14. Sep 15, 2025Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
  15. Sep 15, 2025Introduced in House
  1. Dec 2, 2025Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
  2. Dec 1, 2025Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  3. Dec 1, 2025On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 386 - 0, 1 Present (Roll no. 306). (text: CR H4939-4940)
  4. Dec 1, 2025Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 386 - 0, 1 Present (Roll no. 306). (text: CR H4939-4940)
  5. Oct 3, 2025Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 119-329.
  6. Sep 17, 2025Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 43 - 1.
  7. Sep 15, 2025Introduced in House

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Civic Herald. “Social Security Child Protection Act of 2025 (H.R. 5348, 119th Congress).” https://civicherald.app/bills/119-hr-5348. Congress.gov record as of Jul 13, 2026.

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