SWIFT Act

This bill changes Social Security survivors benefits for widows, widowers, and surviving divorced spouses starting January 1, 2027. It removes the age 50 to 60 requirement and the time limit for disabled survivors to qualify, and it stops reducing their benefits when they claim before retirement age. It raises the age limit for a child-in-care benefit from 16 to 18 (19 for full-time students), and it increases survivors benefits for people who wait to claim them. It also keeps the added income from these changes from counting against current recipients of other government programs, and requires Social Security to publish an information booklet and mail it to surviving spouses within 30 days of learning of a death.

Full text and official record on Congress.gov

Sponsors

• Richard Blumenthal Democrat sponsor
• 4 cosponsors