I 
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. 
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. CHAN-
DLER, 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 Illi-
nois, 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. MCCOL-
LUM 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. RA-
HALL, Mr. REYES, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, Ms. 
LINDA T. SA´NCHEZ 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 pro-
visions. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Social Security Fair-
ness Act of 2007’’. 
SEC. 2. REPEAL OF GOVERNMENT PENSION OFFSET PROVI-
SION. 
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 in-
serting ‘‘paragraph (5) or (6) of section 215(f)’’. 
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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 Secu-
rity 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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