Social Security Fairness Act of 2019

United States116th CongressHR-141House of Representatives
Updated: Jan 31, 2019

Summary

Social Security Fairness Act of 2019 This bill repeals provisions that reduce Social Security benefits for individuals who receive other benefits, such as a pension from a state or local government job. The bill eliminates the government pension offset , which in various instances reduces Social Security survivors' benefits for spouses, widows, and widowers who also receives government pensions of their own. The bill also eliminates the windfall elimination provision , which in some instances reduces Social Security benefits for individuals who also receive a pension or disability benefit from an employer that did not withhold Social Security taxes.

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S-521: Social Security Fairness Act

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

  1. Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

    House of Representatives

  2. Introduced in House

  3. Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.

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