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Proclamation 10964 is a ceremonial presidential proclamation signed on August 14, 2025, marking the 90th anniversary of the Social Security Act, which was originally enacted on August 14, 1935. It declares that date a commemorative occasion and outlines the administration’s stated commitments regarding Social Security and Medicare. It does not create new law or binding policy on its own.
The proclamation references the recently passed “One Big Beautiful Bill,” which it states eliminated federal income tax on Social Security benefits for the “vast majority” of seniors who receive them — described as the largest senior tax break in U.S. history, though the details and effective date of that legislation are not spelled out in this document. It reaffirms ongoing administrative efforts to stop Social Security payments to deceased individuals and to remove recipients who do not meet legal eligibility requirements. It also references ongoing work to improve Social Security Administration operations, including reducing wait times for benefit processing. Border enforcement is cited as a mechanism for limiting Social Security and Medicare access to non-citizens who lack legal authorization to receive those benefits.
Current Social Security recipients — primarily retired workers and their dependents — are the primary audience, with the tax exemption on benefits being the most concrete change referenced. Future beneficiaries are addressed in terms of program solvency, as fraud-reduction and eligibility-enforcement measures are framed as protecting the long-term funding pool. Individuals receiving Social Security payments who are deceased or deemed ineligible, and non-citizens without legal authorization, are identified as targets of eligibility enforcement actions.