I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 973 
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 13, 2015 
Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois (for himself, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. GUTHRIE, Mr. 
GRIJALVA, Mr. BOST, Mr. FARR, Mr. MASSIE, Ms. TITUS, Mrs. BUSTOS, 
Mr. CUMMINGS, Ms. FRANKEL of Florida, Mr. TAKANO, Mr. YOUNG of 
Alaska, Mr. RYAN of Ohio, Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts, Mr. MCGOV-
ERN, Mr. JOYCE, Mr. HASTINGS, Ms. BROWNLEY of California, Ms. 
TSONGAS, Mr. KENNEDY, Ms. DELBENE, Mr. CARTWRIGHT, Mr. LIPIN-
SKI, Mr. LYNCH, Mr. YARMUTH, Mr. LOWENTHAL, Ms. SPEIER, Mr. 
KEATING, Ms. FUDGE, Mr. HANNA, Mrs. CAPPS, Mr. HUNTER, Mr. LIEU 
of California, Mr. PALLONE, Ms. NORTON, Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. 
GARAMENDI, Mr. LARSEN
of Washington, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. 
COURTNEY, Ms. PINGREE, Mr. KING of New York, Mr. SARBANES, Mr. 
HUFFMAN, Mr. SCHOCK, Mr. COSTA, Mr. WITTMAN, Mr. SIRES, Mr. 
VALADAO, Mr. CA´RDENAS, Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York, 
Mr. HONDA, Mr. SHERMAN, Ms. LINDA T. SA´NCHEZ of California, Mr. 
HIGGINS, Ms. CHU of California, Mr. LOEBSACK, Mr. SWALWELL of Cali-
fornia, Mr. MCNERNEY, Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, and Mr. BURGESS) intro-
duced 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, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Social Security Fair-
ness Act of 2015’’. 
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 
(k)(5), subsection (q)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection 
(q)’’. 
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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 
2015. 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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