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S. 3357

U.S. Senate•In Senate Committee

Summary

S. 3357, the Social Security Survivor Benefits Equity Act, was introduced in the Senate on Dec 4, 2025 by Sen. Peter Welch (D) with 6 co-sponsors. It was referred to Finance, and last saw action on Dec 4, 2025: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Record

Text

S. 3357 has 6 co-sponsors.

sb3357/introduced-in-senate.txt
119 S3357 IS: Social Security Survivor Benefits Equity Act
 U.S. Senate
 2025-12-04
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 Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
 II  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  S. 3357  IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES   December 4, 2025   Mr. Welch  (for himself,  Mr. Sanders ,  Ms. Warren ,  Mr. Whitehouse ,  Mr. Blumenthal ,  Mr. Booker , and  Mr. Markey ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the  Committee on Finance    A BILL
To amend title II of the Social Security Act to update the amount of Social Security lump sum death payments and index lump sum death payments to inflation.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Social Security Survivor Benefits Equity Act  .
2.
Updating and indexing the amount of the Social Security lump sum death payment
(a)
In general
Section 202(i) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 402(i) ) is amended, in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking  three times  and all that follows through  smaller,  and inserting  $2,900 (or, in the case of such an insured individual who dies in a calendar year after 2026, an amount equal to $2,900 increased by the percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers for the period that begins with October 2025 and ends with October of the calendar year preceding the calendar year involved and rounded to the nearest multiple of $10) .
(b)
Effective date
The amendment made by this section shall take effect on January 1, 2026, and shall apply to lump sum death payments payable under section 202(i) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 402(i) ) with respect to individuals who die on or after such date.

Tracker

The tracker indicates the progress of this legislation as it moves through the legislative process.

  1. Introduced2025-12-04
  2. Passed Senate
  3. Passed House
  4. Conference
  5. To President
  6. Became Law

A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to update the amount of Social Security lump sum death payments and index lump sum death payments to inflation.

Sponsors

Sen. Peter Welch (D) sponsors S. 3357, and 6 members have co-sponsored it, all of them from the day it was introduced.

Committees

S. 3357 went before 1 committee: Finance.

Finance
Finance
Referred To · Dec 4, 2025 · 902 Bills

Actions

S. 3357 has taken 3 actions since Dec 4, 2025.

ChamberAction
Dec 4, 2025
Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.Finance Committee
Dec 4, 2025
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Dec 4, 2025
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Introduced in Senate

Votes

S. 3357 has not gone to a roll call.

1 bill is related to S. 3357.

Titles

S. 3357 goes by 3 titles, 1 of them short titles.

  • Social Security Survivor Benefits Equity Act — Display Title
  • Social Security Survivor Benefits Equity Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced
  • A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to update the amount of Social Security lump sum death payments and index lump sum death payments to inflation. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

3 clients hired 4 firms and 19 registered lobbyists who named S. 3357 in 10 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 Budget/Appropriations, Government Issues, Retirement, Civil Rights/Civil Liberties, Medicare/Medicaid, Agriculture, Education, Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities.

Clients

Who paid to be heard, by how many filings named the bill.

ClientBusinessStateFirmsFilingsReported
NATIONAL COMMITTEE TO PRESERVE SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARENon-profit membership organizationDistrict of Columbia26$180K
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS—District of Columbia13—
AFL-CIO—District of Columbia11—

Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

RegistrantClientsFilingsReported
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS13—
MARIA FREESE13$180K
NATIONAL COMMITTEE TO PRESERVE SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE13—
AFL-CIO11—

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill.

LobbyistFirmsClientsFilings
ANNE MONTGOMERY113
DAN ADCOCK113
EARL HADLEY113
JENNIFER SCULLY113
KRISTOR COWAN113
LUCAS WARREN113
MARIA FREESE113
MAX RICHTMAN113
MEGAN STOCKHAUSEN113
SARAH COHEN113
CHARITY WILSON111
GREG JEFFERSON111
GUERINO CALEMINE111
JOHNIE ENDER PALMER111
LEE GOLDBERG111
LETICIA DELGADO111
MAEVE KLINE111
RAYMOND LEIBFRIED111
RILEY OHLSON111

Filings

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

ClientRegistrantPeriodReportedDocument
AFL-CIOAFL-CIO2026 first_quarter$880K1st Quarter - Report
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERSAMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS2026 first_quarter$490K1st Quarter - Report
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERSAMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS2025 fourth_quarter$450K4th Quarter - Report
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERSAMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS2026 second_quarter$410K2nd Quarter - Report
NATIONAL COMMITTEE TO PRESERVE SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARENATIONAL COMMITTEE TO PRESERVE SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE2026 second_quarter$210K2nd Quarter - Report
NATIONAL COMMITTEE TO PRESERVE SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARENATIONAL COMMITTEE TO PRESERVE SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE2026 first_quarter$190K1st Quarter - Report
NATIONAL COMMITTEE TO PRESERVE SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARENATIONAL COMMITTEE TO PRESERVE SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE2025 fourth_quarter$190K4th Quarter - Report
NATIONAL COMMITTEE TO PRESERVE SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICAREMARIA FREESE2026 second_quarter$60K2nd Quarter - Report
NATIONAL COMMITTEE TO PRESERVE SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICAREMARIA FREESE2026 first_quarter$60K1st Quarter - Report
NATIONAL COMMITTEE TO PRESERVE SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICAREMARIA FREESE2025 fourth_quarter$60K4th Quarter - Report

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files S. 3357 under Social Welfare, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; S. 3357’s is Social Welfare.

s3357/policy-areas.txt
Social WelfareAgriculture and FoodAnimalsArmed Forces and National SecurityArts, Culture, ReligionCivil Rights and Liberties, Minority IssuesCommerceCongressCrime and Law EnforcementEconomics and Public FinanceEducationEmergency ManagementEnergyEnvironmental ProtectionFamiliesFinance and Financial SectorForeign Trade and International FinanceGovernment Operations and PoliticsHealthHousing and Community DevelopmentImmigrationInternational AffairsLabor and EmploymentLawNative AmericansPublic Lands and Natural ResourcesScience, Technology, CommunicationsSports and RecreationTaxationTransportation and Public WorksWater Resources Development

Source: congress.gov · legiscan.com