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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