I
112th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1332
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
April 1, 2011
Mr. McKeon (for himself, Mr. Berman, Mr. Luján, Mr. Olver, Mr. George Miller of California, Ms. Schakowsky, Mrs. Capps, Mr. Gallegly, Mr. Stark, Mr. McIntyre, Mr. Boswell, Mr. Reyes, Mr. Tierney, Mr. Holden, Mr. Sarbanes, Mrs. Maloney, Mr. Ross of Arkansas, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Visclosky, Mr. Kissell, Ms. Linda T. Sánchez of California, Mr. Courtney, Ms. Berkley, Mr. David Scott of Georgia, Mr. Larson of Connecticut, Mr. Costello, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Mr. Filner, Mr. Sherman, Mr. Michaud, Mr. Wu, Mrs. Schmidt, Mr. Gene Green of Texas, Ms. Norton, Ms. Sutton, Mr. Paul, Ms. Tsongas, Mr. Price of North Carolina, Mr. McCaul, Mr. Heller, Ms. Zoe Lofgren of California, Mr. Ackerman, Mr. Keating, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Burton of Indiana, Mr. Lipinski, Mr. Wilson of South Carolina, Mr. Schiff, and Mr. Connolly of Virginia) 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 provisions.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the
Social Security Fairness Act of
2011
.
Repeal of government pension offset provision
In general
Section 202(k) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 402(k)) is amended by striking paragraph (5).
Conforming amendments
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)
.
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)
.
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)
.
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)
.
Repeal of windfall elimination provisions
In general
Section 215 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 415) is amended—
in subsection (a), by striking paragraph (7);
in subsection (d), by striking paragraph (3); and
in subsection (f), by striking paragraph (9).
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)
.
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 2011. 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.
