[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 82 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 H. R. 82

 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, 2007

 Mr. Berman (for himself, Mr. McKeon, Mr. Abercrombie, Mr. Allen, Mr. 
 Baca, Ms. Berkley, Mrs. Biggert, Mr. Bishop of Georgia, Mr. Bishop of 
New York, Ms. Bordallo, Mr. Boswell, Mr. Boucher, Mr. Boyd of Florida, 
   Mrs. Capps, Mr. Cardoza, Ms. Carson, Mr. Chandler, Mr. Clay, Mr. 
 Conyers, Mr. Cuellar, Mr. Cummings, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Mrs. Davis 
of California, Mr. DeFazio, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Dingell, Mr. Doggett, Mr. 
Doolittle, Mr. Doyle, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Engel, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. Etheridge, 
  Mr. Farr, Mr. Fattah, Mr. Frank of Massachusetts, Mr. Gillmor, Mr. 
 Graves, Mr. Al Green of Texas, Mr. Gene Green of Texas, Mr. Grijalva, 
  Mr. Hinojosa, Mr. Hobson, Mr. Holden, Mr. Honda, Ms. Jackson-Lee of 
Texas, Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas, Mr. Johnson of Illinois, Ms. 
Kaptur, Mr. Kildee, Mr. Kucinich, Mr. Langevin, Mr. Lantos, Mr. Larsen 
   of Washington, Ms. Lee, Mr. Lewis of California, Mrs. Lowey, Mrs. 
   Maloney of New York, Mr. Manzullo, Ms. McCollum of Minnesota, Mr. 
 McGovern, Mr. McHugh, Mr. Michaud, Ms. Millender-McDonald, Mr. George 
  Miller of California, Mr. Moore of Kansas, Mr. Moran of Kansas, Mr. 
 Nadler, Mr. Norwood, Mr. Oberstar, Mr. Olver, Mr. Ortiz, Mr. Pallone, 
Mr. Paul, Mr. Rahall, Mr. Reyes, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Mr. Ruppersberger, 
Ms. Linda T. Sanchez of California, Ms. Loretta Sanchez of California, 
  Mr. Saxton, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Schiff, Mr. Scott of Virginia, Mr. 
 Sherman, Mr. Shuster, Mr. Sires, Ms. Solis, Mr. Stark, Mrs. Tauscher, 
  Mr. Terry, Mr. Tierney, Mr. Udall of Colorado, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. 
Visclosky, Mr. Waxman, Mr. Wolf, Ms. Woolsey, Mr. Smith of New Jersey, 
Ms. Waters, and Mr. Mollohan) introduced the following bill; which was 
              referred to the Committee on Ways and Means

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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 
2007''.

SEC. 2. REPEAL OF GOVERNMENT PENSION OFFSET PROVISION.

    Section 202(k) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 402(k)) is 
amended by striking paragraph (5).

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 2007. 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.
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