H.R. 5348: Social Security Child Protection Act of 2025
Sponsor
Lloyd Smucker
Republican · PA-11
What H.R. 5348 does
If a child's Social Security card is lost or stolen in the mail, H.R. 5348 would require the Social Security Administration to issue the child a new Social Security number. It would apply to children under 14.
How the House voted
Passed · December 1, 2025On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended: H R 5348 Social Security Child Protection Act · Roll no. 306 · Official record
HR5348 Legislative Journey
Committee Action
Dec 2, 2025
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
House: Vote: 386-0
Dec 1, 2025
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)
House: Committee Action
Oct 3, 2025
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 119-329.
House: Vote: 43-1
Sep 17, 2025
Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 43 - 1.
House: Committee Action
Sep 15, 2025
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
About the Sponsor
Lloyd Smucker
Republican, Pennsylvania's 11th congressional district · 9 years in Congress
Committees: Joint Economic Committee, the Budget, Ways and Means
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Cosponsors (1)
This bill has 1 cosponsor: 1 Republican. Cosponsors represent 1 state: New York.
Committee Sponsors
Finance Committee
0 of 27 committee members cosponsored
No committee members have cosponsored this bill
Ways and Means Committee
1 of 45 committee members cosponsored
39 Republicans across these committees haven't cosponsored yet. Mobilize their constituents
H.R. 5348 Quick Facts
- Committee
- Finance
- Chamber
- House
- Policy
- Social Welfare
- Introduced
- Sep 15, 2025
Passed the House, received in Senate
Dec 2, 2025
H.R. 5348 Bill Text
“To amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide for the reissuance of social security account numbers to young children in cases where confidentiality has been compromised.”
Source: U.S. Government Publishing Office
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