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109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 147 
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, 2005 
Mr. MCKEON (for himself, Mr. BERMAN, Mrs. BIGGERT, Mr. BOEHLERT, Mr. 
MCHUGH, Mr. GOODE, Mr. BAKER, Mr. LEWIS of California, Mr. 
SAXTON, Mr. PAUL, Mr. CUNNINGHAM, Mr. NEUGEBAUER, Mrs. EMER-
SON, Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mr. MCGOVERN, 
Mr. BUTTERFIELD, Mr. WYNN, Mr. WAXMAN, Mr. MCINTYRE, Mrs. 
CAPPS, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. BROWN of Ohio, Mr. DUNCAN, Mr. 
GARY G. MILLER of California, Mr. BONNER, Mr. PORTER, Mr. BUR-
GESS, Mr. NEY, Mr. CALVERT, Mrs. JO ANN DAVIS of Virginia, Mr. 
HAYES, Ms. LEE, Mr. KIND, Mr. FILNER, Mr. DOGGETT, Mr. STRICK-
LAND, Ms. ZOE LOFGREN of California, Mr. SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. 
ENGEL, Mr. CROWLEY, Mr. MOLLOHAN, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. MICHAUD, 
Ms. DELAURO, Mrs. MCCARTHY, Mr. WEINER, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. GOOD-
LATTE, Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN, Mr. BRADLEY of New Hampshire, Mr. GAR-
RETT of New Jersey, Mr. WALSH, Mr. SIMMONS, Mr. LINCOLN DIAZ- 
BALART of Florida, Mr. NUNES, Mr. LATOURETTE, Mr. ROGERS of Ala-
bama, Mr. OLVER, Mr. TOM DAVIS of Virginia, Mr. SHERMAN, Mr. AL-
EXANDER, Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. LYNCH, Mr. GRIJALVA, Ms. MILLENDER- 
MCDONALD, Mr. HOLDEN, Mr. EDWARDS, Ms. WATERS, Mrs. MALONEY, 
Ms. SOLIS, Mrs. LOWEY, Mr. OBERSTAR, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, Mr. 
CLAY, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. FARR, Mr. EVANS, Mr. COSTELLO, Mr. MOORE 
of Kansas, Mr. NADLER, Mr. HONDA, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mr. HASTINGS 
of Florida, Mr. ROSS, Ms. LINDA T. SA´NCHEZ of California, Mr. 
LANGEVIN, Mr. BOUCHER, Mr. ORTIZ, Mr. INSLEE, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, 
Mr. PETERSON of Minnesota, Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, Mr. BERRY, 
Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. CAPUANO, Ms. BERKLEY, Mr. 
HINCHEY, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. HOLT, Mr. EMANUEL, Ms. MCCOLLUM of 
Minnesota, Mr. DELAHUNT, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, 
Mr. CHANDLER, Mr. RUSH, Mr. JENKINS, Mr. CUMMINGS, Mr. BONILLA, 
Mr. DAVIS of Florida, Mr. CARDOZA, Mr. BACA, Ms. HARMAN, Mr. LAN-
TOS, Mrs. DAVIS of California, Mr. HALL, Ms. KILPATRICK of Michigan, 
Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. ROTHMAN, Mr. WELLER, Mr. GALLEGLY, and 
Mr. ALLEN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee 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 2005’’. 
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)’’.
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 
2005. 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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