H.R. 5348

Summary

H.R. 5348, the Social Security Child Protection Act of 2025, was introduced in the House on Sep 15, 2025 by Rep. Lloyd Smucker (R) with 1 co-sponsor. It was referred to Finance, and last saw action on Dec 2, 2025: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Record

Text

H.R. 5348 has 1 co-sponsor and 1 roll call.

119 HR 5348 EH: Social Security Child Protection Act of 2025
 U.S. House of Representatives
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 119th CONGRESS  1st Session
 H. R. 5348
 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 AN ACT
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.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Social Security Child Protection Act of 2025  .
2.
Reissuance of Social Security account numbers to young children in cases where confidentiality has been compromised
(a)
In general
Section 205(c)(2)(B) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 405(c)(2)(B) ) is amended—
(1)
by redesignating clause (iii) as clause (iv); and
(2)
by inserting after clause (ii) the following new clause:
(iii)
In any case in which a social security account number has been issued to a child who has not attained the age of 14 pursuant to subclause (IV) or (V) of clause (i) and it is demonstrated by evidence, as determined by the Commissioner of Social Security, and submitted under penalty of perjury to the Commissioner by a parent or guardian of the child that in the course of transmission of a social security card to the child, the confidentiality of such number has been compromised by reason of loss or theft of such social security card, the Commissioner shall issue a new social security account number to such child and make note in the records maintained with respect to such child of the pertinent information received by the Commissioner regarding the loss or theft of the social security card.
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(b)
Effective date
The amendments made by subsection (a) shall take effect on the date that is 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.
    Passed the House of Representatives December 1, 2025.  Kevin F. McCumber,  Clerk.

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CRS Summary

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Sponsors

Rep. Lloyd Smucker (R) sponsors H.R. 5348, and 1 member has co-sponsored it.

Lloyd Smucker

Rep. · R–PA-11 · Sponsor

Introduced Sep 15, 2025

Nicole Malliotakis

Rep. · R–NY-11 · Co-sponsor

Joined Sep 26, 2025

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Committees

H.R. 5348 went before 2 committees: Finance and Ways and Means.

Finance

Finance

Referred To · Dec 2, 2025 · 902 Bills

Ways and Means

Ways and Means

Reported By · Oct 3, 2025 · 1,160 Bills

Reports

1 committee report has been filed on H.R. 5348, the latest H. Rept. 119-329.

• H. Rept. 119-329 — SOCIAL SECURITY CHILD PROTECTION ACT OF 2025

Actions

H.R. 5348 has taken 15 actions since Sep 15, 2025, the latest on Dec 2, 2025.

Votes

H.R. 5348 went to 1 roll call in the House, the latest on Dec 1, 2025 at 386–0.

Titles

H.R. 5348 goes by 7 titles, 4 of them short titles.

• Social Security Child Protection Act of 2025 — Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text
• Social Security Child Protection Act of 2025 — Short Title(s) as Passed House
• 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. — Official Titles from EH (Engrossed in House) bill text
• Social Security Child Protection Act of 2025 — Short Title(s) as Reported to House
• Social Security Child Protection Act of 2025 — Display Title
• Social Security Child Protection Act of 2025 — Short Title(s) as Introduced
• 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. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

1 client hired 1 firm and 25 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 5348 in 3 quarterly filings, 2025 to 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Agriculture, Budget/Appropriations, Civil Rights/Civil Liberties, Consumer Issues/Safety/Products, Disaster Planning/Emergencies, Family issues/Abortion/Adoption, Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities, Health Issues.

Clients

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Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill. The 20 named most often, of 25.

Filings

The documents themselves, on the Senate’s Lobbying Disclosure site, largest reported first.

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 5348 under Social Welfare, one of its 31 policy areas, and gives it 3 legislative subjects.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 5348’s is Social Welfare.

Legislative Subjects

H.R. 5348 carries 3 of CRS’s legislative subjects, from Child safety and welfare to Social security and elderly assistance.

Constitutional authority

The clause the sponsor cites as Congress’s power to enact H.R. 5348, as entered in the Congressional Record.

[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 150 (Monday, September 15, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. SMUCKER:H.R. 5348.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Clause 3 of section 8 article 1 of the Constitution[Page H4311]

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