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作者：玛丽·坎宁安
一个两党参议员团体于周二提出一项法案，旨在未来数十年内稳固社会保障体系的财政状况，并避免让依赖该计划的7000万美国人未来遭遇福利削减。
该法案提出之际，上月发布的社会保障年度受托人报告预测，该计划的退休信托基金可能在2032年耗尽资金，比此前预测的时间更早。报告指出，若情况成真，且国会在此之前不采取行动，将触发全面22%的福利削减。
这项名为《承诺法案》的立法本身不会提高税收、削减福利或改变参保资格。相反，它将责成由两党组成的七人社会保障咨询委员会在征求公众意见的基础上起草一份法案，确保该计划的信托基金至少在未来50年内保持偿付能力。
“国会十多年前就意识到了这一挑战，但一直未着手处理这些涉及政治争议的议题，”来自伊利诺伊州的民主党参议员、该法案发起人之一迪克·德宾在一份声明中表示。“国会拖延的时间越长，未来解决这一问题的难度就越大。”
咨询委员会拟定的任何提案都将由国会两党领袖在参众两院提出，随后交由委员会审议，委员会可举行听证会并修订法案。该法案若要生效，需在参议院获得五分之三的赞成票，并在众议院获得多数票支持。
《承诺法案》的其他发起人包括来自路易斯安那州的共和党参议员比尔·卡西迪、来自弗吉尼亚州的民主党参议员蒂姆·凯恩、来自北卡罗来纳州的共和党参议员汤姆·蒂利斯，以及来自缅因州的独立参议员安格斯·金。
随着该计划支出超过收入，社会保障体系正面临迫在眉睫的资金短缺问题，该法案是议员们可采取的多种拯救社会保障体系的途径之一。据德宾的办公室透露，过去国会议员曾提出多项旨在解决偿付危机的立法，但均未获得足够支持以通过法案。
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专注财政议题的倡导组织“负责任联邦预算委员会”6月发布的另一项评估显示，如果信托基金储备耗尽，受益人每月的社保支票可能被削减数百美元。
包括两党政策中心和进步政策研究所在内的多个政策团体对该法案表示欢迎，称其有助于推动两党就社会保障体系的长期资金挑战达成解决方案。
“《承诺法案》值得称赞，它不仅提供了一种可行机制，可通过常规立法程序快速推进早该达成的两党解决方案，还建立了定期复盘机制，以阻止政策制定者未来再次陷入类似的悬崖边缘，”进步政策研究所政策开发副总裁本·里茨在一份声明中说道。
艾米·皮奇 编辑
Senators introduce bipartisan plan to tackle Social Security insolvency
July 14, 2026 / 4:11 PM EDT / CBS News
By Mary Cunningham
A bipartisan group of senators introduced a bill on Tuesday designed to shore up Social Security’s finances in the coming decades and prevent future benefit cuts for the 70 million Americans who rely on the program.
The bill comes after last month’s annual Social Security trustees’ report projected that the program’s retirement trust fund could become insolvent by 2032, earlier than initially forecast. If that occurs, it would trigger a 22% across-the-board benefit cut, unless Congress acts before then, the report found.
The legislation, called the Promise Act, would not itself raise taxes, reduce benefits or change eligibility. Instead, it would direct the bipartisan, seven-member Social Security Advisory Board to draft a bill, informed by public input, to keep the program’s trust funds solvent for at least the next 50 years.
“Congress has known about this challenge for more than a decade, but it has not taken up these politically challenging issues,” Sen. Dick Durbin, a Democrat from Illinois and one of the sponsors of the bill, said in a statement. “And the longer Congress waits, the more difficult it will be to address this issue in the future.”
Any proposal developed by the advisory board would be introduced in the House and Senate by congressional leaders before being considered by committees, which could hold hearings and revise the legislation. To become law, it would need a three-fifths vote in the Senate and a majority vote in the House.
The Promise Act’s additional sponsors include Sen. Bill Cassidy, a Republican from Louisiana; Sen. Tim Kaine, a Democrat from Virginia; Sen. Thom Tillis, a Republican from North Carolina; and Sen. Angus King, an independent from Maine.
The measure is one of several pathways legislators could take to save Social Security, which is facing a looming funding shortfall as spending for the program outpaces income. Members of Congress have introduced legislation in the past to address the insolvency issue, but none have gained enough traction to pass, according to Durbin’s office.
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A separate estimate released in June by the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, an advocacy group focused on fiscal issues, found that beneficiaries could see their monthly checks cut by hundreds of dollars if the trust fund reserves are depleted.
Several policy groups, including the Bipartisan Policy Center and the Progressive Policy Institute, welcomed the legislation, saying it could help advance a bipartisan solution to Social Security’s long-term funding challenges.
“The Promise Act should be commended for not only offering one possible mechanism to fast-track bipartisan solutions that are long overdue through regular order, but also creating a recurring check-in to discourage policymakers from getting this close to a similar cliff again in the future,” Ben Ritz, vice president of policy development for the Progressive Policy Institute, said in a statement.
Edited by Aimee Picchi
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