H.R. 6424

Summary

H.R. 6424, the Social Security Survivor Benefits Equity Act, was introduced in the House on Dec 4, 2025 by Rep. Gabe Amo (D) with 6 co-sponsors. It was referred to Ways And Means, and last saw action on Dec 4, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Record

Text

H.R. 6424 has 6 co-sponsors.

119 HR 6424 IH: Social Security Survivor Benefits Equity Act
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-12-04
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 I  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  H. R. 6424  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   December 4, 2025   Mr. Amo  (for himself,  Ms. Pingree ,  Ms. Balint ,  Ms. Norton ,  Ms. Simon , and  Mr. Magaziner ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the  Committee on Ways and Means    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 2025, 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 2024 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, 2025, 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.

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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

Rep. Gabe Amo (D) sponsors H.R. 6424, and 6 members have co-sponsored it, 5 of them from the day it was introduced.

Gabe Amo

Rep. · D–RI-1 · Sponsor

Introduced Dec 4, 2025

Eleanor Norton

Rep. · D–DC-0 · Co-sponsor

Joined Dec 4, 2025 · Original

Becca Balint

Rep. · D–VT-0 · Co-sponsor

Joined Dec 4, 2025 · Original

Seth Magaziner

Rep. · D–RI-2 · Co-sponsor

Joined Dec 4, 2025 · Original

Chellie Pingree

Rep. · D–ME-1 · Co-sponsor

Joined Dec 4, 2025 · Original

Lateefah Simon

Rep. · D–CA-12 · Co-sponsor

Joined Dec 4, 2025 · Original

Maxine Waters

Rep. · D–CA-43 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jul 14, 2026

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Committees

H.R. 6424 went before 1 committee: Ways and Means.

Ways and Means

Ways and Means

Referred To · Dec 4, 2025 · 1,160 Bills

Actions

H.R. 6424 has taken 2 actions since Dec 4, 2025.

Votes

H.R. 6424 has not gone to a roll call.

Related bills

1 bill is related to H.R. 6424.

S 3357Social Security Survivor Benefits Equity ActDec 4, 2025 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. · Related bill

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Titles

H.R. 6424 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
• 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

5 clients hired 6 firms and 28 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 6424 in 14 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 Retirement, Budget/Appropriations, Government Issues, Medicare/Medicaid, Civil Rights/Civil Liberties, Agriculture, Education, Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities.

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 28.

Filings

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

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 6424 under Social Welfare, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 6424’s is Social Welfare.

Constitutional authority

The clause the sponsor cites as Congress’s power to enact H.R. 6424, as entered in the Congressional Record.

[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 203 (Thursday, December 4, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. AMO:H.R. 6424.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I.[Page H5051]

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