S. 3255 119th Congress Senate

SWIFT Act

Official title: A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to increase survivors benefits for disabled widows, widowers, and surviving divorced spouses, and for other purposes.

Introduced: November 20, 2025 Introduced by: Richard Blumenthal Democratic · Connecticut See on congress.gov

Social Welfare

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Nov 20, 2025

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Nov 20, 2025

Introduced in Senate

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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Committees of jurisdiction 1

Finance Committee
Senate

Lobbying activity 13

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

NATIONAL COMMITTEE TO PRESERVE SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE
for NATIONAL COMMITTEE TO PRESERVE SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
MARIA FREESE
for NATIONAL COMMITTEE TO PRESERVE SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
NATIONAL COMMITTEE TO PRESERVE SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE
for NATIONAL COMMITTEE TO PRESERVE SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE · District of Columbia · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)
MARIA FREESE
for NATIONAL COMMITTEE TO PRESERVE SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE · District of Columbia · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)
ALLIANCE FOR RETIRED AMERICANS
for ALLIANCE FOR RETIRED AMERICANS · District of Columbia · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)
PORT SIDE STRATEGIES, LLC
for SOCIAL SECURITY WORKS · District of Columbia · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)

Bodies those filers lobbied

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
13 filings
SENATE
13 filings
Labor, Dept of (DOL)
9 filings
Social Security Administration (SSA)
9 filings
Administration on Aging
8 filings
Executive Office of the President (EOP)
8 filings
Justice, Dept of (DOJ)
8 filings
Office of Management & Budget (OMB)
8 filings

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Cosponsors 4