HR 5284
Passed a chamber
Requires the Social Security Administration to replace terms like "full retirement age" and "early eligibility age" with new names in its rules and public materials by the later of 12 months after enactment or January 1, 2027.
Official title: Claiming Age Clarity Act
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Introduced
10-SEP-2025
Referred
10-SEP-2025
Approved by committee
17-SEP-2025
Reported
03-OCT-2025
On the calendar
03-OCT-2025
Passed
01-DEC-2025
Senate
Received
02-DEC-2025
Passed
29-SEP-2026
- Replaces "early eligibility age" with "minimum monthly benefit age" in SSA rules, guidance, and other materials, whether online or in print.
- Replaces "full retirement age" and "normal retirement age" with "standard monthly benefit age."
- Stops use of "delayed retirement credit" and replaces references to age 70 as the maximum age for those credits with "maximum monthly benefit age."
- Sets a deadline of the later of 12 months after enactment or January 1, 2027.
Covers an older version. The newest CRS summary describes the bill as of "Introduced in House" (10-SEP-2025); the text has changed since (Engrossed in House, 01-DEC-2025).
CRS is the Library of Congress's nonpartisan research office. Read it on congress.gov- Ways and Means Committee (House)
- Finance Committee (Senate)
Social Welfare
■ 6 R■ 3 D
6 Republicans
3 Democrats