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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1254 

To amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide that the reductions 

in social security benefits which are required in the case of spouses 

and surviving spouses who are also receiving certain government pensions 

shall be equal to the amount by which two-thirds of the total amount 

of the combined monthly benefit (before reduction) and monthly pension 

exceeds $1,200, adjusted for inflation. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 1, 2007 

Ms. MIKULSKI (for herself, Mr. VOINOVICH, and Mr. HARKIN) introduced the 

following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance 

A BILL 

To amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide 

that the reductions in social security benefits which are 

required in the case of spouses and surviving spouses 

who are also receiving certain government pensions shall 

be equal to the amount by which two-thirds of the total 

amount of the combined monthly benefit (before reduction) and monthly pension exceeds $1,200, adjusted for 

inflation. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Government Pension 

3 Offset Reform Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON REDUCTIONS IN BENEFITS FOR 

5 SPOUSES AND SURVIVING SPOUSES RECEIV6 ING GOVERNMENT PENSIONS. 

7 (a) INSURANCE BENEFITS.—Section 202(k)(5)(A) of 

8 the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 402(k)(5)(A)) is 

9 amended— 

10 (1) by inserting ‘‘the amount (if any) by which 

11 the sum of such benefit (before reduction under this 

12 paragraph) and’’ after ‘‘two-thirds of’’; and 

13 (2) by inserting ‘‘exceeds the amount described 

14 in paragraph (6) for such month,’’ before ‘‘if’’. 

15 (b) AMOUNT DESCRIBED.—Section 202(k) of the So16 cial Security Act (42 U.S.C. 402(k)) is amended by adding 

17 at the end the following: 

18 ‘‘(6) The amount described in this paragraph is, for 

19 months in each 12-month period beginning in December 

20 of 2007, and each succeeding calendar year, the greater 

21 of— 

22 ‘‘(A) $1,200; or 

23 ‘‘(B) the amount applicable for months in the 

24 preceding 12-month period, increased by the cost-of25 living adjustment for such period determined for an 

26 annuity under section 8340 of title 5, United States 


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1 Code (without regard to any other provision of 

2 law).’’. 

3 (c) LIMITATIONS ON REDUCTIONS IN BENEFITS.— 

4 Section 202(k) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 

5 402(k)), as amended by subsection (b), is amended by 

6 adding at the end the following: 

7 ‘‘(7) For any month after December 2007, in no 

8 event shall an individual receive a reduction in a benefit 

9 under paragraph (5)(A) for the month that is more than 

10 the reduction in such benefit that would have applied for 

11 such month under such paragraph as in effect for benefits 

12 payable for December 2007.’’. 

13 SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. 

14 The amendments made by section 2 shall apply with 

15 respect to monthly insurance benefits payable under title 

16 II of the Social Security Act for months after December 

17 2007. 

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