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The bill lets parents get replacement SSNs and creates SSA records to better protect children from future identity theft, but it does not fully eliminate risk and may cause delays for some families and modest administrative costs.
Children under 14 whose Social Security number was compromised can receive a new SSN, reducing their risk of future identity theft and fraud.
Parents and guardians can attest under penalty of perjury that their child's SSN was compromised, enabling quicker initiation of protective actions.
The Social Security Administration will record loss/theft information on records, improving recordkeeping and aiding future verification or investigations.
Issuing a new SSN does not fully eliminate identity risk because other entities may retain the old number or theft may have already occurred before reassignment.
Requiring supporting evidence and a penalty-of-perjury attestation could delay or block relief for some families if documentation is hard to obtain or contested by SSA.
Processing replacement SSNs will create administrative work and marginally increase taxpayer costs to update records and systems.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Requires SSA to issue a new Social Security number to children under 14 when a parent/guardian certifies the card was lost/stolen and confidentiality compromised, and to note the event in records.
Requires the Social Security Commissioner to assign a new Social Security account number to a child under age 14 when a parent or guardian submits, under penalty of perjury, evidence that the child’s Social Security card was lost or stolen and that the number’s confidentiality was compromised. The agency must also note the loss/theft information in the child’s Social Security records. The change amends 42 U.S.C. 405(c)(2)(B) and takes effect 180 days after enactment.
Introduced September 15, 2025 by Lloyd K. Smucker · Last progress December 2, 2025