Social Security Fairness Act

United States116th CongressS-521Senate
Updated: Feb 14, 2019

Summary

Social Security Fairness Act 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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Timeline

  1. Introduced in Senate

  2. Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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