Social Security Survivor Benefits Equity Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3357 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

<DOC>






119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 3357

 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.


_______________________________________________________________________


                   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.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Social Security Survivor Benefits 
Equity Act''.

SEC. 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.
                                 <all>