S. 2974 119th Congress Senate

SECURE Benefits Act of 2025

Official title: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require taxpayers claiming the child and earned income tax credits, and their qualifying children, to have… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require taxpayers claiming the child and earned income tax credits, and their qualifying children, to have a valid social security number for employment purposes.

Introduced: October 3, 2025 Introduced by: Cindy Hyde-Smith Republican · Mississippi See on congress.gov

Taxation

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To President

Became law

Oct 3, 2025

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Oct 3, 2025

Introduced in Senate

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

AMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR THE BLIND
for AMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR THE BLIND · Virginia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
AMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR THE BLIND
for AMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR THE BLIND · Virginia · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)

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SENATE
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APA

U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2974: SECURE Benefits Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-2974/

MLA

"S. 2974: SECURE Benefits Act of 2025." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-2974/.

Bluebook (legal)

S. 2974, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-2974/.

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[S. 2974: SECURE Benefits Act of 2025](https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-2974/)