(1) Caregiving is an essential element of family 
life and a vital service for children, the ill, the dis-
abled, and the elderly. 
(2) The establishment of a caregiver credit 
would bolster the economic prospects of unpaid care-
givers 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 In-
surance 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 CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that Congress should address the unfair exclusion 
of professional and hardworking home care providers who 
are not eligible to receive Social Security or Medicare be-
cause they provide paid care to a family member with a 
disability under programs operated at the State and local 
level for general health and welfare protection. 
SEC. 3. DEEMED WAGES FOR CAREGIVERS OF DEPENDENT 
RELATIVES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title II of the Social Security Act 
is amended by adding after section 234 (42 U.S.C. 434) 
the following new section: 
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‘‘DEEMED WAGES FOR CAREGIVERS OF DEPENDENT 
RELATIVES 
‘‘SEC. 235. (a) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this 
section— 
‘‘(1)(A) Subject to subparagraph (B), the term 
‘qualifying month’ means, in connection with an in-
dividual, any month during which such individual 
was engaged for not less than 80 hours in providing 
care to a dependent relative without monetary com-
pensation. 
‘‘(B) The term ‘qualifying month’ does not in-
clude any month ending after the date on which 
such individual attains retirement age (as defined in 
section 216(l)). 
‘‘(C) For purposes of subparagraph (A), assist-
ance provided to a family caregiver of an eligible vet-
eran under section 1720G of title 38, United States 
Code, shall not be considered monetary compensa-
tion for providing care to such eligible veteran. 
‘‘(2) The term ‘dependent relative’ means, in 
connection with an individual— 
‘‘(A) a child, grandchild, niece, or nephew 
(of such individual or such individual’s spouse 
or domestic partner), or a child to which the in-
dividual or the individual’s spouse or domestic 
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partner is standing in loco parentis, who is 
under the age of 12; or 
‘‘(B) a child, grandchild, niece, or nephew 
(of such individual or such individual’s spouse 
or domestic partner), a child to which the indi-
vidual or the individual’s spouse or domestic 
partner is standing in loco parentis, a parent, 
grandparent, sibling, aunt, or uncle (of such in-
dividual or his or her spouse or domestic part-
ner), or such individual’s spouse or domestic 
partner, if such child, grandchild, niece, neph-
ew, parent, grandparent, sibling, aunt, uncle, 
spouse, or domestic partner is a chronically de-
pendent individual. 
‘‘(3)(A) The term ‘chronically dependent indi-
vidual’ means an individual who— 
‘‘(i) is dependent on a daily basis on verbal 
reminding, physical cueing, supervision, or 
other assistance provided to the individual by 
another person in the performance of at least 
two of the activities of daily living (described in 
subparagraph (B)) or instrumental activities of 
daily living (described in subparagraph (C)); 
and 
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‘‘(ii) without the assistance described in 
clause (i), could not perform such activities of 
daily living or instrumental activities of daily 
living. 
‘‘(B) The ‘activities of daily living’ referred to 
in subparagraph (A) means basic personal everyday 
activities, including— 
‘‘(i) eating; 
‘‘(ii) bathing; 
‘‘(iii) dressing; 
‘‘(iv) toileting; and 
‘‘(v) transferring in and out of a bed or in 
and out of a chair. 
‘‘(C) The ‘instrumental activities of daily living’ 
referred to in subparagraph (A) means activities re-
lated to living independently in the community, in-
cluding— 
‘‘(i) meal planning and preparation; 
‘‘(ii) managing finances; 
‘‘(iii) shopping for food, clothing, or other 
essential items; 
‘‘(iv) 
performing 
essential 
household 
chores; 
‘‘(v) communicating by phone or other 
form of media; and 
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‘‘(vi) traveling around and participating in 
the community. 
‘‘(b) DEEMED WAGES OF CAREGIVER.—(1)(A) For 
purposes of determining entitlement to and the amount 
of any monthly benefit for any month after December 
2023, or entitlement to and the amount of any lump-sum 
death payment in the case of a death after such month, 
payable under this title on the basis of the wages and self- 
employment income of any individual, and for purposes 
of section 216(i)(3), such individual shall be deemed to 
have been paid during each qualifying month (in addition 
to wages or self-employment income actually paid to or 
derived by such individual during such month) at an 
amount per month equal to— 
‘‘(i) in the case of a qualifying month during 
which no wages or self-employment income were ac-
tually paid to or derived by such individual, 50 per-
cent of the national average wage index (as defined 
in section 209(k)(1)) for the second calendar year 
preceding the calendar year in which such month oc-
curs; and 
‘‘(ii) in the case of any other qualifying month, 
the excess of the amount determined under clause (i) 
over 1⁄2 of the wages or self-employment income ac-
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tually paid to or derived by such individual during 
such month. 
‘‘(B) In any case in which there are more than 60 
qualifying months for an individual, only the last 60 of 
such months shall be taken into account for purposes of 
this section. 
‘‘(2) Paragraph (1) shall not be applicable in the case 
of any monthly benefit or lump-sum death payment if a 
larger such benefit or payment, as the case may be, would 
be payable without its application. 
‘‘(c) RULES AND REGULATIONS.— 
‘‘(1) Not later than 1 year after the date of the 
enactment of this section, the Commissioner of So-
cial Security shall promulgate such regulations as 
are necessary to carry out this section and to pre-
vent fraud and abuse with respect to the benefits 
under this section, including regulations establishing 
procedures for the application and certification re-
quirements described in paragraph (2). 
‘‘(2) A qualifying month shall not be taken into 
account under this section with respect to an indi-
vidual unless— 
‘‘(A) the individual submits to the Com-
missioner of Social Security an application for 
benefits under this section that includes— 
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‘‘(i) the name and identifying infor-
mation of the dependent relative with re-
spect to whom the individual was engaged 
in providing care during such month; 
‘‘(ii) if the dependent relative is not a 
child under the age of 12, documentation 
from the physician of the dependent rel-
ative explaining why the dependent relative 
is a chronically dependent individual; and 
‘‘(iii) such other information as the 
Commissioner may require to verify the 
status of the dependent relative; and 
‘‘(B) for every qualifying month or period 
of up to 12 consecutive qualifying months that 
occurs after the first period of 12 consecutive 
qualifying months, the individual certifies, in 
such form and manner as the Commissioner 
shall require, that the information provided in 
the individual’s application for benefits under 
this section has not changed.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 209(k)(1) 
of such Act (42 U.S.C. 409(k)(1)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ before ‘‘230(b)(2)’’ the 
first time it appears; and 
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