reintroduced the Social Security Caregiver Credit Act which would provide up to five years of credits credit for caregivers who spend at least 80 hours per month providing care to a dependent relative.
Provide up to five years of Social Security credits for unpaid caregivers who spend at least 80 hours per month caring for a dependent relative.
Occurrences
Rep. Schneider introduced H.R. 3729, the Social Security Caregiver Credit Act of 2023.
reintroduced the Social Security Caregiver Credit Act which would provide up to five years of credits for caregivers who spend at least 80 hours per month providing care to a dependent relative
reintroduced the Social Security Caregiver Credit Act which would provide up to five years of credits for caregivers who spend at least 80 hours per month providing care to a dependent relative
Evidence
MarketWatch reported that Rep. Brad Schneider and Sen. Chris Murphy backed the Social Security Caregiver Credit Act, which would grant up to five years of Social Security credits to stay-at-home parents and unpaid caregivers who spend at least 80 hours a month caring for a relative; the report also said the bill had not yet been scored by the Congressional Budget Office.
Assessments
Schneider appears to have materially advanced the promised policy by backing the Social Security Caregiver Credit Act, which matches the claim’s core details: up to five years of Social Security credits for unpaid caregivers providing at least 80 hours of care per month. But the evidence indicates the measure had not been enacted and was still at the bill stage. In federal promise scoring, sponsorship or support alone is not full delivery without passage or implementation, especially while the candidate remains in office and the outcome is still pending. That makes this unresolved rather than delivered, with effort credit for a serious legislative attempt.