# H.R. 5348 (119th): Social Security Child Protection Act of 2025

Social Security Child Protection Act of 2025 This bill directs the Social Security Administration to issue a new Social Security number to a child under the age of 14 if the child's Social Security card was lost or stolen while being mailed to the child.

## How this bill is scored

Tier: no Tier 1 record. A bill with no record cannot newly become Tier 1.
Lane: child_identity_protection. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: child_protection. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: family_policy. Category: children. Lane tag: command.
Lane: identity_documents. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Tier 1 sign-off: no record. A bill with no record cannot newly become Tier 1.
Stored polarity: mixed. Only tags the rules mark scoreable on a mixed bill are scored. A yea can draw a penalty or a credit according to the tag. A nay on a tag scored as good can draw a penalty.
Roll 306: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended. Vote type: final_passage.
Polarity rationale: Reviewed enrichment (llm_import) polarity: The bill is a narrow administrative remedy that serves a legitimate interest in protecting a minor's identity and avoiding hardship from lost or stolen mail. It does not directly restrain a named moral evil or advance one. Because it is a prudential administrative measure rather than a clear moral good or evil, 'mixed' fits better than 'unclear', since the summary gives enough to judge its basic character.
Theological note: Scripture commends care for children and for guarding them from loss and harm, and it treats orderly, honest administration as a civil good. This measure is a narrow administrative remedy for minors' identity documents. It bears on the broader concern for children's welfare but does not touch sexual corruption, the protection of life, or any named evil.

## Recorded votes

Roll 306: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended. Yea 386 · Nay 0 · Other 45.

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