Title: Social Security Fairness Act of 2017
Policy area: Social Welfare

Summary:
Social Security Fairness Act of 2017
This bill amends title II (Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to repeal the "government pension offset" and the "windfall elimination provision." Under current law, those provisions reduce OASDI benefits for individuals who receive a pension based on earnings in government employment that was not covered under the Social Security program.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 915 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 915

 To amend title II of the Social Security Act to repeal the Government 
          pension offset and windfall elimination provisions.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 24, 2017

 Mr. Brown (for himself, Ms. Collins, Ms. Murkowski, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. 
 Heller, and Mrs. McCaskill) introduced the following bill; which was 
          read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title II of the Social Security Act to repeal the Government 
          pension offset and windfall elimination provisions.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Social Security Fairness Act of 
2017''.

SEC. 2. REPEAL OF GOVERNMENT PENSION OFFSET PROVISION.

    (a) In General.--Section 202(k) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 402(k)) is amended by striking paragraph (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 ``subsections (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 ``subsection (k)(5), 
        subsection (q),'' and inserting ``subsection (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)''.

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 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 2017. Notwithstanding section 215(f) of the 
Social Security 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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