SWIFT Act of 2026

This bill would change Social Security survivors benefits starting January 1, 2027. It would let disabled widows, widowers, and surviving divorced spouses get survivors benefits at any age, not only between ages 50 and 60, and would stop reducing their benefits for claiming before retirement age. It would raise the age limit of a child in a parent's care for child-in-care benefits from 16 to 18 (or 19 for full-time students), and would raise the cap on survivors benefits and add increases for survivors who delay claiming. It would also not count the added income when deciding eligibility for other government programs for current recipients, and would require Social Security to mail an information booklet to surviving spouses after a death is reported.

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Sponsors

• Mary Gay Scanlon Democrat sponsor
• 6 cosponsors