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Union Calendar No. 372
117th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 82
[Report No. 117-482]
To amend title II of the Social Security Act to repeal the Government
pension offset and windfall elimination provisions.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 4, 2021
Mr. Rodney Davis of Illinois (for himself, Ms. Spanberger, Mr. Graves
of Louisiana, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Vicente Gonzalez of Texas, Mr. Garamendi,
Mr. Cicilline, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. Joyce of Ohio, Mr. Mullin, Ms. Brownley,
Mr. Deutch, Mr. Takano, Mr. Diaz-Balart, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Mr. Ruiz,
Mr. Comer, and Mr. Gohmert) introduced the following bill; which was
referred to the Committee on Ways and Means
September 21, 2022
Additional sponsors: Mr. Kinzinger, Mr. Price of North Carolina, Mr.
Burgess, Mr. Stauber, Mr. Cole, Mrs. Luria, Ms. Sherrill, Mr. Langevin,
Mr. Fitzpatrick, Mr. DeFazio, Mr. Bost, Mr. Ryan of Ohio, Mrs. Beatty,
Mr. Khanna, Mr. Massie, Mrs. Hayes, Mr. Larsen of Washington, Mr.
Hastings, Mr. Taylor, Mr. Yarmuth, Mr. Gibbs, Mr. Young, Mr. Feenstra,
Mr. Lowenthal, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Higgins of Louisiana, Ms. Pingree, Mr.
Aguilar, Mr. Sarbanes, Mr. Harder of California, Mrs. Napolitano, Mr.
San Nicolas, Mr. Suozzi, Mr. Sires, Ms. Meng, Mr. Guthrie, Mr. Sherman,
Mr. Scalise, Mr. DeSaulnier, Mr. Payne, Mr. Garbarino, Mr.
Ruppersberger, Mr. Case, Ms. Tlaib, Mr. Panetta, Ms. Bonamici, Mr. Van
Drew, Ms. Sanchez, Mr. Courtney, Ms. Titus, Ms. Porter, Mr. Tonko, Mr.
Zeldin, Mr. Thompson of California, Mr. Himes, Mr. Higgins of New York,
Mr. Trone, Mr. Gottheimer, Ms. Kelly of Illinois, Mr. Smith of New
Jersey, Ms. DelBene, Mr. Carbajal, Ms. Blunt Rochester, Mr. Garcia of
Illinois, Mr. Espaillat, Ms. Clark of Massachusetts, Mr. Johnson of
Louisiana, Mr. Garcia of California, Mr. Kilmer, Mrs. Trahan, Mrs. Lee
of Nevada, Mr. Pappas, Mr. Perlmutter, Mr. Katko, Ms. Craig, Mr.
Gallego, Mr. Krishnamoorthi, Mr. Valadao, Mr. Wittman, Mr. Cuellar, Ms.
Newman, Mr. Brendan F. Boyle of Pennsylvania, Mr. Moulton, Mr. Fallon,
Mr. Schiff, Mr. Turner, Mr. Emmer, Mr. Cartwright, Mr. Peters, Ms.
Norton, Mr. Brown of Maryland, Mr. Connolly, Ms. Jacobs of California,
Mr. Lamb, Ms. Lee of California, Mr. Correa, Mr. Barr, Mr. Huffman, Mr.
Delgado, Mr. Vela, Mr. Levin of California, Mr. Phillips, Ms. Speier,
Mr. Sean Patrick Maloney of New York, Mr. Obernolte, Mr. Calvert, Ms.
Manning, Mr. Schneider, Ms. McCollum, Mr. Keating, Mr. Swalwell, Mr.
Mrvan, Mr. Jacobs of New York, Mr. Golden, Mrs. Bustos, Ms. Kuster, Ms.
Roybal-Allard, Ms. Ocasio-Cortez, Mr. Norcross, Ms. Bass, Mr.
Balderson, Ms. Lofgren, Mr. Bacon, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Ms. Leger
Fernandez, Mr. Vargas, Ms. Letlow, Mr. Morelle, Mr. Neguse, Ms. Dean,
Mr. Rutherford, Mrs. Torres of California, Ms. Williams of Georgia, Ms.
Wasserman Schultz, Mr. Lieu, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Meeks, Mr. Crist, Mr.
Pocan, Mr. Michael F. Doyle of Pennsylvania, Mr. McGovern, Ms. Waters,
Ms. Adams, Mrs. Kim of California, Mr. Sablan, Mr. Casten, Mrs.
Hartzler, Mr. Welch, Mr. Rogers of Kentucky, Mr. Auchincloss, Ms.
Castor of Florida, Ms. Tenney, Ms. Barragan, Mr. Thompson of
Pennsylvania, Mr. Graves of Missouri, Mr. Rush, Mr. Guest, Ms. Ross,
Miss Rice of New York, Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney of New York, Ms. Wilson
of Florida, Mr. Levin of Michigan, Ms. Clarke of New York, Mr. Bishop
of Georgia, Mr. Pallone, Mr. Crow, Mr. Kim of New Jersey, Ms. Pressley,
Mr. Lawson of Florida, Mr. Carter of Louisiana, Ms. Slotkin, Ms.
Schakowsky, Mr. McKinley, Ms. Chu, Mr. O'Halleran, Mrs. Demings, Mr.
McNerney, Mr. Butterfield, Mr. Cloud, Mr. Bera, Mr. Moore of Alabama,
Mr. Hice of Georgia, Ms. Lois Frankel of Florida, Mr. Lynch, Ms.
Stefanik, Mr. Quigley, Mr. McEachin, Ms. Wild, Ms. Jayapal, Mr. Castro
of Texas, Mrs. Dingell, Ms. Houlahan, Mrs. Kirkpatrick, Mr. Scott of
Virginia, Ms. Malliotakis, Mr. Fortenberry, Mr. Allred, Ms. Escobar,
Mr. Malinowski, Mr. Beyer, Mr. Jeffries, Ms. Strickland, Mrs. Lawrence,
Mr. Soto, Mr. Foster, Ms. Underwood, Mr. Carson, Ms. Schrier, Mr.
Nadler, Ms. Matsui, Mr. Costa, Mrs. Axne, Mr. Jones, Mr. Newhouse, Mr.
Fleischmann, Ms. Omar, Mr. Gomez, Mr. Carter of Texas, Ms. Brown of
Ohio, Mr. Evans, Mr. Torres of New York, Ms. DeGette, Ms. Wexton, Mr.
LaTurner, Ms. Velazquez, Mr. Horsford, Mr. Blumenauer, Mrs. Steel, Mr.
Pfluger, Ms. Stansbury, Mr. Cardenas, Ms. Davids of Kansas, Mrs.
Rodgers of Washington, Mr. Austin Scott of Georgia, Mr. Cleaver, Ms.
Scanlon, Mr. Posey, Mr. David Scott of Georgia, Mr. Reschenthaler, Mr.
Gosar, Mr. Danny K. Davis of Illinois, Mr. Rogers of Alabama, Mr.
Norman, Ms. Stevens, Ms. Kaptur, Ms. Salazar, Mr. Lucas, Mr. Doggett,
Mr. Crawford, Mr. Carl, Mr. Carey, Mr. Bowman, Mrs. Lesko, Mr. Kelly of
Pennsylvania, Ms. Jackson Lee, Mr. Raskin, Ms. Herrell, Mrs. Cherfilus-
McCormick, Mr. Kahele, Mrs. McBath, Mr. Green of Texas, Mr. Allen, Mr.
Mann, Mrs. Radewagen, Mr. Chabot, Mrs. Hinson, Mr. Luetkemeyer, Mr.
Gimenez, Mr. Webster of Florida, Mrs. Bice of Oklahoma, Mr. Kelly of
Mississippi, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Ms. Johnson of Texas, Ms.
Mace, Mrs. Miller-Meeks, Mrs. Fletcher, Mr. Mfume, Mr. Gooden of Texas,
Mr. Pascrell, Mrs. Flores, Mr. Ellzey, Miss Gonzalez-Colon, Ms. Sewell,
and Ms. Garcia of Texas
September 21, 2022
Reported without recommendation, committed to the Committee of the
Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
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A BILL
To amend title II of the Social Security Act to repeal the Government
pension offset and windfall elimination provisions.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Social Security Fairness Act of
2021''.
SEC. 2. REPEAL OF GOVERNMENT PENSION OFFSET PROVISION.
(a) In General.--Section 202(k) of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 402(k)) is amended by striking paragraph (5).
(b) Conforming Amendments.--
(1) Section 202(b)(2) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
402(b)(2)) is amended by striking ``subsections (k)(5) and
(q)'' and inserting ``subsection (q)''.
(2) Section 202(c)(2) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 402(c)(2)) is
amended by striking ``subsections (k)(5) and (q)'' and
inserting ``subsection (q)''.
(3) Section 202(e)(2)(A) of such Act (42 U.S.C.
402(e)(2)(A)) is amended by striking ``subsection (k)(5),
subsection (q),'' and inserting ``subsection (q)''.
(4) Section 202(f)(2)(A) of such Act (42 U.S.C.
402(f)(2)(A)) is amended by striking ``subsection (k)(5),
subsection (q)'' and inserting ``subsection (q)''.
SEC. 3. REPEAL OF WINDFALL ELIMINATION PROVISIONS.
(a) In General.--Section 215 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
415) is amended--
(1) in subsection (a), by striking paragraph (7);
(2) in subsection (d), by striking paragraph (3); and
(3) in subsection (f), by striking paragraph (9).
(b) Conforming Amendments.--Subsections (e)(2) and (f)(2) of
section 202 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 402) are each amended by striking
``section 215(f)(5), 215(f)(6), or 215(f)(9)(B)'' in subparagraphs (C)
and (D)(i) and inserting ``paragraph (5) or (6) of section 215(f)''.
SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE.
The amendments made by this Act shall apply with respect to
monthly insurance benefits payable under title II of the Social
Security Act for months after December 2021. Notwithstanding section
215(f) of the Social Security Act, the Commissioner of Social Security
shall adjust primary insurance amounts to the extent necessary to take
into account the amendments made by section 3.
Union Calendar No. 372
117th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 82
[Report No. 117-482]
_______________________________________________________________________
A BILL
To amend title II of the Social Security Act to repeal the Government
pension offset and windfall elimination provisions.
_______________________________________________________________________
September 21, 2022
Reported without recommendation, committed to the Committee of the
Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed