Locality-based Social Security Benefits Act of 2025
Sponsored By: Representative Meng
Introduced
Summary
Links Social Security monthly benefits to federal locality pay percentages based on where beneficiaries live. It would direct the Social Security Commissioner to raise each Title II monthly benefit by the percentage set under 5 U.S.C. 5304 and 5304a and to apply that percentage using locality pay areas defined in 5 C.F.R. 531.603.
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- Retirees and disability beneficiaries: Monthly Title II checks would increase by the locality percentage for the area where they live, so benefit changes vary by location.
- Social Security Administration: The Commissioner must apply the locality percentage to each individual's Title II benefit and use the locality pay area definitions in 5 C.F.R. 531.603.
- Legal effect: The bill includes a "notwithstanding" clause to make the locality adjustment operate even where it conflicts with other provisions of Title II.
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
Bigger Social Security checks in high-cost areas
If enacted, Social Security checks would rise by your area's federal locality pay percentage. The Social Security Administration would apply this percentage to the benefit you already receive each month. The increase would be based on where you live when the raise is applied. Percentages vary by locality, so your amount would differ by area.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Meng
NY • D
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
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