Social Security payments go up until 2036, then stop unless Congress acts.
S. 5042 — Social Security 2100 Act · Filed by Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) · 4 cosponsors · Introduced Jul 21, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
The bill raises Social Security payments for retirees, disabled workers, and survivors through 2036. It helps low-wage workers get more money. It lets disabled people wait less time to get payments. Disabled people can earn more money without losing payments. It adds payments for students up to age 26. It adds payments for kids raised by grandparents. It counts years spent caring for relatives toward Social Security eligibility.
Who it affects
Retirees, disabled workers, and survivors get higher payments through 2036. Students up to age 26 and kids raised by grandparents get new payments. Low-wage workers get extra help. After 2036, all new payments stop unless Congress votes to keep them.
One thing to notice
Every payment increase and new rule ends after 2036. People who rely on higher payments will lose them unless Congress votes to extend the law.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
4 cosponsors: 4 Democrats.
- Jul 21, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in Senate”
- Jul 21, 2026 — Referred to Senate Committee on Finance · Congress.gov: “Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- retirees — People who stopped working and get Social Security payments.
- disabled workers — People who cannot work because of illness or injury.
- survivors — Family members who get payments after a worker dies.
- eligibility — The rules that say who can get Social Security payments.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (50,094 characters) on Nov 2, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 16,927 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
As of — page rendered 2026-11-02.
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