S 597 United States Senate · 118th Congress

Social Security Fairness Act

This bill repeals two provisions that reduce Social Security benefits for certain public-sector retirees. It eliminates the government pension offset (GPO), which currently cuts Social Security checks for people with government pensions, and removes the windfall elimination provision (WEP), which reduces benefits for those with pensions from jobs not covered by Social Security. The changes directly affect public employees (like teachers, firefighters, and state/local government workers) who have pensions from jobs that didn't pay into Social Security. The bill takes effect for Social Security benefits paid after December 2023, restoring full benefits for eligible retirees.
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Introduced Mar 1, 2023 Last action Mar 1, 2023
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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Mar 1, 2023
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Sherrod Brown
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OH
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Alex Padilla
DDemocratic
CA
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Amy Klobuchar
DDemocratic
MN
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Angus S. King, Jr.
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ME
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Ben Ray Luján
DDemocratic
NM
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Benjamin L. Cardin
DDemocratic
MD
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Bernard Sanders
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VT
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Bill Cassidy
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LA
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Brian Schatz
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HI
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Catherine Cortez Masto
DDemocratic
NV
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Charles E. Schumer
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NY
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