Social Security Fairness Act of 2015
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What it doesSummary introduced in house (Feb 13, 2015)
Social Security Fairness Act of 2015
Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to repeal the government pension offset requirement applicable to and reducing husband's and wife's insurance benefits, widow's and widower's insurance benefits, and divorced mother's and divorced father's insurance benefits with respect to federal, state, or local government employees who receive a government pension and did not pay Social Security taxes during their years of government service, and so did not earn entitlement to Social Security benefits for those years.
Repeals also the windfall elimination requirement with respect to computation of an individual's primary insurance amount under which OASDI retirement or disability benefits are reduced if the individual receives a federal, state, or local government pension, did not pay Social Security taxes during the years of government service, and so did not earn entitlement to Social Security benefits for those years.
What just happenedFeb 27, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in HouseFeb 13, 2015
- Feb 27, 2015Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
Social Security Subcommittee - Feb 13, 2015IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Ways and Means Committee - Feb 13, 2015IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Feb 13, 2015IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House