Kids under 14 get new Social Security numbers if cards are lost.

What it does

The Social Security Administration can give a new Social Security number to children under 14. Their card must have been lost or stolen while being sent to them. A parent or guardian must sign a sworn statement. The statement says the card was lost or stolen. The SSA will write this down in the child's records. The agency has 180 days to set up how to do this.

Who it affects

Children under 14 can get new numbers if their cards are lost or stolen while being sent. Parents and guardians must provide sworn statements. The Social Security Administration must create new steps.

One thing to notice

The bill only covers cards lost or stolen while being sent. It does not cover cards lost or stolen after the child gets them.

From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.

Where it stands

1 cosponsor: 1 Republicans.

• Sep 15, 2025 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
• Sep 15, 2025 — Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means and Senate Committee on Finance · Congress.gov: “Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means”
• Sep 17, 2025 — Markup held in committee · Congress.gov: “Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held”
• Sep 17, 2025 — Reported out of committee · Congress.gov: “Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 43 - 1”
• Dec 1, 2025 — Passed the House · Congress.gov: “On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required)…”
• Dec 1, 2025 — Floor vote scheduled · Congress.gov: “Mr. Smith (MO) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended”

Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.

Money around this bill

1 groups reported lobbying about this bill. They filed 1 reports from Dec 2025 to Dec 2025.

Those reports show $5,300,000 in lobbying spending. Each report lists about 104 bills. So that money was not all for this bill.

More groups named this bill than 0% of bills with any report.

Lloyd Smucker, who sponsored the bill, received $840,756 from PACs for the 2026 election.

• AARP — $5,300,000 in 1 report

Lobbying is legal. These reports show who lobbied about this bill, not what changed.

Words to know

• Social Security number — A nine-digit number the government gives to people to track work and benefits.
• Social Security Administration — The government agency that manages Social Security numbers and benefits.
• sworn statement — A legal promise to tell the truth, with serious consequences for lying.
• lobbying — Trying to influence lawmakers about a bill. Companies and groups pay people to do this.
• PACs — Groups that collect money and give it to candidates for office.
• sponsored — To sponsor a bill is to introduce it in Congress and put your name on it.