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Bernie Sanders (I-VT)

Stop Social Security Garnishment Act of 2026

A bill to prohibit the Secretary of Education from garnishing social security payments from individuals in default on their Federal student loans.

S. 5456 · Senate bill Education

A bill from an independent · See all 9 cosponsors

Last activity — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

In committee

Introduced and handed to a committee in the chamber it started in.

The committee holds it, and most bills are never heard from again. A hearing or a committee vote would be news; silence is the usual outcome, and it kills the bill without anyone voting against it.

Its path through Congress

  1. Introduced
  2. In Committee

What this bill would do

This bill is called the Stop Social Security Garnishment Act of 2026. It was introduced in the Senate by Mr. Sanders and a group of other senators. The main goal of the bill is to stop the Secretary of Education from taking money from people's social security payments. This applies when individuals are in default on their federal student loans. If passed, it creates a prohibition on using social security offsets for these defaulted loans.

Yes· 3 of 7

  • Scored +8

    Would people over 65 be better off under this?

    Seniors relying on Social Security are directly protected from having their payments garnished for student loan debt.

  • Scored +8

    Would retired people be better off under this?

    Retirees are safeguarded from losing a portion of their Social Security benefits due to federal student loan defaults.

  • Scored +7

    Does this strengthen Social Security?

    The bill prohibits the garnishment of Social Security payments for defaulted federal student loans, protecting retirees' benefits.

The opposite

No question was scored the opposite.