I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1205 
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 21, 2017 
Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois (for himself, Miss RICE of New York, Mr. 
CICILLINE, Mr. TURNER, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. GARAMENDI, Ms. CLARK 
of Massachusetts, Mr. CUMMINGS, Ms. LEE, Mr. CALVERT, Mr. LAN-
GEVIN, Mr. CONNOLLY, Mr. MULLIN, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Ms. TSONGAS, 
Mr. JOYCE of Ohio, Mr. SHIMKUS, Mr. SHERMAN, Mr. LARSEN of Wash-
ington, Mr. PRICE of North Carolina, Mr. RYAN of Ohio, Mr. TED LIEU 
of California, Mr. VEASEY, Mr. GUTHRIE, Ms. DELBENE, Mrs. DAVIS of 
California, Mrs. DINGELL, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. WITT-
MAN, Mr. POCAN, Ms. JUDY CHU of California, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. 
KATKO, Mr. SWALWELL of California, Mr. POLIQUIN, Mr. KINZINGER, 
Mr. BOST, Mr. VALADAO, Mr. LOEBSACK, Mr. MCNERNEY, Mr. BRADY 
of Pennsylvania, Ms. LOFGREN, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. CONYERS, 
Mr. FOSTER, Mr. ROYCE of California, Mr. LIPINSKI, Mr. BRENDAN F. 
BOYLE of Pennsylvania, Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. MURPHY of Pennsylvania, 
Mr. AGUILAR, Mr. MICHAEL F. DOYLE of Pennsylvania, Ms. PINGREE, 
Ms. SPEIER, Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, Ms. BROWNLEY of California, Mr. 
O’ROURKE, Ms. SA´NCHEZ, Mr. MCGOVERN, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. RUSH, 
Mrs. BUSTOS, Mr. YOUNG of Iowa, Mr. BERA, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. COSTA, 
Mr. MASSIE, Mr. LOBIONDO, Mr. SARBANES, Mrs. BEATTY, Mr. PAL-
LONE, Mr. NADLER, Mr. TAKANO, Mr. SIRES, Mr. HIMES, Ms. FRANKEL 
of Florida, and Mr. RICHMOND) 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. 
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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 2017’’. 
SEC. 2. REPEAL OF GOVERNMENT PENSION OFFSET PROVI-
SION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 202(k) of the Social Secu-
rity Act (42 U.S.C. 402(k)) is amended by striking para-
graph (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 ‘‘sub-
sections (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 ‘‘sub-
section (k)(5), subsection (q),’’ and inserting ‘‘sub-
section (q)’’. 
(4) Section 202(f)(2)(A) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
402(f)(2)(A)) is amended by striking ‘‘subsection 
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(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 in-
serting ‘‘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 
2017. 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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