Social Security Caregiver Credit Act of 2026

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 4396 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4396 To amend title II of the Social Security Act to credit individuals serving as caregivers of dependent relatives with deemed wages for up to five years of such service. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES April 27, 2026 Mr. Murphy (for himself and Mrs. Gillibrand) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend title II of the Social Security Act to credit individuals serving as caregivers of dependent relatives with deemed wages for up to five years of such service. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Social Security Caregiver Credit Act of 2026''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND SENSE OF THE SENATE. (a) Findings.--Congress finds the following: (1) Caregiving is an essential element of family life and a vital service for children, the ill, the disabled, and the elderly. (2) The establishment of a caregiver credit would bolster the economic prospects of unpaid caregivers and would provide them with vital retirement security. (3) The 2022 Annual Report of the Board of Trustees of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance and Federal Disability Insurance Trust Funds concluded that the combined Trust Funds will be able to pay scheduled benefits in full until 2034. (b) Sense of the Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate that the United States Congress must address the unfair exclusion of professional and hardworking home care providers who are not eligible to receive Social Security or Medicare because they provide paid care to a family member with a disability under programs operated at the Stat