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No Social Security for Illegal Aliens Act of 2025
This bill excludes wages and self-employment income earned by non-U.S. nationals (aliens under federal law) who are not authorized to work in the United States from consideration for purposes of Social Security eligibility and benefits.
This exclusion applies with respect to all such wages and self-employment income earned both before and after the bill’s enactment. However, any change to the amount of an individual’s Social Security benefits as a result of these provisions may only apply to benefits for months after the bill’s enactment.
People & committees
Rep. Moolenaar, John R. [R-MI-2] · R–MI
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Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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Based on the full Introduced in House · 2025-02-10 text. This explanation has not received human editorial review. This overview describes the proposal’s major provisions; it does not establish what its real-world effects would be.
The proposed No Social Security for Illegal Aliens Act of 2025 would exclude work performed in the United States by noncitizens without authorization from earnings counted for Social Security. It covers both employment and self-employment, based on authorization during the period of work. The exclusions would reach past earnings, and Social Security would have to recalculate affected benefit amounts. Only benefits for months after enactment would be affected.
This Act may be cited as the No Social Security for Illegal Aliens Act of 2025.
Exclusion of unauthorized employment from employment upon which creditable wages may be based
Service performed by an alien while employed in the United States for any period during which the alien is not authorized to be so employed;
Exclusion of unauthorized functions and services from trade or business from which creditable self-employment income may be derived
The performance of a function or service in the United States by an alien during any period for which the alien is not authorized to perform such function or service in the United States.
The amendments made by this Act shall apply with respect to wages earned, and self-employment income derived, before, on, or after the date of the enactment of this Act.
the Commissioner of Social Security shall recompute all primary insurance amounts to the extent necessary to carry out such amendments. Such amendments shall affect benefits only for months after the date of the enactment of this Act.
Section 2 would amend the Social Security Act's employment exclusions to cover services performed by a noncitizen employed in the United States during any period when that person lacked authorization for that employment. The restriction is tied to authorization for the work during that period.
Section 210(a)(19) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 410(a)(19)) is amended by striking (19) Service and inserting the following: (19) (A) Service performed by an alien while employed in the United States for any period during which the alien is not authorized to be so employed; (B) Service .
Section 3 would add a corresponding exclusion for self-employment: functions or services performed in the United States by a noncitizen during a period when that person lacked authorization to perform them would be excluded from the business activity that generates earnings counted for Social Security.
Exclusion of unauthorized functions and services from trade or business from which creditable self-employment income may be derived
by inserting after paragraph (6) the following new paragraph: (7) The performance of a function or service in the United States by an alien during any period for which the alien is not authorized to perform such function or service in the United States.
Section 4 would apply the exclusions to earnings from before, on, and after enactment. However, the resulting changes would affect benefits only for months after enactment.
The amendments made by this Act shall apply with respect to wages earned, and self-employment income derived, before, on, or after the date of the enactment of this Act.
Such amendments shall affect benefits only for months after the date of the enactment of this Act.
The Commissioner of Social Security would have to recalculate primary insurance amounts—the basic amounts used to determine benefits—to the extent necessary to implement the exclusions. This must happen as soon as practicable after enactment, despite the referenced provision of existing law; the bill sets no fixed calendar deadline.
Notwithstanding section 215(f)(1) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 415(f)(1)), as soon as practicable after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Commissioner of Social Security shall recompute all primary insurance amounts to the extent necessary to carry out such amendments.
The supplied official-actions snapshot, updated November 20, 2025, records introduction in the House and referral to the House Committee on Ways and Means on February 10, 2025.
Source snapshot updated 2025-11-20T09:06:35Z. 2025-02-10: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. 2025-02-10: Introduced in House
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