I 
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 594
To amend title II of the Social Security Act to repeal the Government 
pension offset and windfall elimination provisions. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 5, 2003
Mr. MCKEON (for himself, Mr. LYNCH, Mr. FILNER, Mr. BOEHLERT, Mr. 
BERMAN, Mr. RODRIGUEZ, Mr. SIMMONS, Mr. BAIRD, Mr. MCGOVERN, 
Mr. HOLDEN, Mr. STRICKLAND, Ms. WOOLSEY, Mr. FROST, Mr. HALL, 
Mr. SOUDER, Mr. LOBIONDO, Mr. STARK, Mr. GREEN of Texas, Mr. 
STUPAK, Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California, Mr. LIPINSKI, Mr. TURNER 
of Texas, Mr. COSTELLO, Mr. HINCHEY, Ms. SOLIS, Mr. GILLMOR, Ms. 
JACKSON-LEE of Texas, Mr. WELDON of Pennsylvania, Mr. WAXMAN, 
Mr. CUNNINGHAM, Mr. JENKINS, Mr. MCHUGH, Mrs. CAPPS, Mr. MAR-
KEY, Mr. LANTOS, Mr. HINOJOSA, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. WHITFIELD, Mr. 
LINCOLN DIAZ-BALART of Florida, Mr. SHERMAN, Mr. BAKER, Mr. 
ISAKSON, Mr. LAHOOD, Mr. WELLER, Mr. SHIMKUS, Mr. PAUL, Mr. 
DOOLITTLE, Mr. CALVERT, Mr. WILSON
of South Carolina, Mr. 
LATOURETTE, Mr. ABERCROMBIE, Ms. BALDWIN, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. 
GIBBONS, Mr. PLATTS, Mr. ISRAEL, Mr. MICHAUD, Mr. COMBEST, Mr. 
BEREUTER, Mr. DOYLE, Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts, Ms. MCCARTHY 
of Missouri, Ms. WATSON, Mr. OLVER, Mr. CARSON of Oklahoma, Ms. 
SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. NEAL of Massachusetts, Mr. LAMPSON, Ms. HOOLEY 
of Oregon, Mr. STENHOLM, Ms. MILLENDER-MCDONALD, Mr. PALLONE, 
Ms. HARMAN, Mr. KENNEDY of Rhode Island, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. 
WU, Mr. GORDON, Mr. EDWARDS, Mr. BROWN of Ohio, Mr. HONDA, Ms. 
LEE, Mr. SANDLIN, Mr. LEWIS of California, Mr. ALLEN, Mr. LUCAS of 
Kentucky, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. BONILLA, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Ms. 
LINDA T. SA´NCHEZ of California, Mr. PAYNE, Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ 
of California, and Mrs. DAVIS of California) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means 
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 2003’’. 
SEC. 2. REPEAL OF GOVERNMENT PENSION OFFSET PROVI-
SIONS. 
(a) WIFE’S INSURANCE BENEFITS.—Section 202(b) 
of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 402(b)) is amend-
ed—
(1) by striking ‘‘and paragraph (4) of this sub-
section’’ in paragraph (2); and 
(2) by striking paragraph (4) and redesignating 
paragraph (5) as paragraph (4). 
(b) HUSBAND’S
INSURANCE
BENEFITS.—Section 
202(c) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 402(c)) is amended—
(1) by striking paragraph (2) and redesignating 
paragraphs (3) through (5) as paragraphs (2) 
through (4), respectively; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘and paragraph (2) of this sub-
section’’ in paragraph (2) as so redesignated. 
(c) 
WIDOW’S
INSURANCE
BENEFITS.—Section 
202(e) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 402(e)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘, paragraph (7) of this sub-
section,’’ in paragraph (2)(A); and 
(2) by striking paragraph (7) and redesignating 
paragraphs (8) and (9) as paragraphs (7) and (8), 
respectively. 
(d) WIDOWER’S INSURANCE BENEFITS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 202(f) of such Act 
(42 U.S.C. 402(f)) is amended—
(A) by striking paragraph (2) and redesig-
nating paragraphs (3) through (9) as para-
graphs (2) through (8), respectively; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘, paragraph (2) of this 
subsection,’’ in paragraph (2) as so redesig-
nated. 
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
(A) Section 202(f)(1)(B) of such Act (42 
U.S.C. 402(f)(1)(B)) is amended by striking 
‘‘paragraph (5)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph 
(4)’’. 
(B) Section 202(f)(1)(F) of such Act (42 
U.S.C. 402(f)(1)(F)) is amended by striking 
‘‘paragraph (6)’’ and ‘‘paragraph (5)’’ (in 
clauses (i) and (ii)) and inserting ‘‘paragraph 
(5)’’ and ‘‘paragraph (4)’’, respectively.
(C) Section 202(f)(5)(A)(ii) of such Act 
(as redesignated by paragraph (1)(A) of this 
subsection) is amended by striking ‘‘paragraph 
(5)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (4)’’. 
(D) Section 202(k)(2)(B) of such Act (42 
U.S.C. 402(k)(2)(B)) is amended by striking 
‘‘or (f)(4)’’ each place it appears and inserting 
‘‘or (f)(3)’’. 
(E) Section 202(k)(3)(A) of such Act (42 
U.S.C. 402(k)(3)(A)) is amended by striking 
‘‘or (f)(3)’’ and inserting ‘‘or (f)(2)’’. 
(F) Section 202(k)(3)(B) of such Act (42 
U.S.C. 402(k)(3)(B)) is amended by striking 
‘‘or (f)(4)’’ and inserting ‘‘or (f)(3)’’. 
(G) Section 226(e)(1)(A)(i) of such Act 
(42 U.S.C. 426(e)(1)(A)(i)) is amended by 
striking ‘‘and 202(f)(5)’’ and inserting ‘‘and 
202(f)(4)’’. 
(e) MOTHER’S AND FATHER’S INSURANCE BENE-
FITS.—Section 202(g) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 402(g)) is 
amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘Except as provided in para-
graph (4) of this subsection, such’’ in paragraph (2) 
and inserting ‘‘Such’’; and 
(2) by striking paragraph (4).
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.—Subparagraphs 
(C) and (D) of section 202(e)(2) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
402(e)(2)(C), (D)) are each amended by striking ‘‘section 
215(f)(5), 215(f)(6), or 215(f)(9)(B)’’ 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 
2003. 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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