About the bill
Should these 1977 and 1983 rules be eliminated, or do they help save taxpayers money and prevent “double dipping” into the system?
Context
Two changes to Social Security from the ’70s and ’80s reduce the program’s benefits for millions of public sector employees including teachers, police officers, and firefighters.
Both provisions were enacted to prevent so-called “double dipping,” or people receiving Social Security payouts from two different sources. However, over the decades, many in both parties have come to believe their cumulative accidental effect has been to unjustly lower Social Security payments to deserving recipients.
While both provisions are complicated, here’s a short breakdown.
The WEP
The Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) can reduce your Social Security payment by up to $447 per year under current law. Enacted in 1983, the …
Sponsor and status
116th Congress (2019–2021)
This bill was introduced on January 3, 2019, in a previous session of Congress, but it did not receive a vote.
Although this bill was not enacted, its provisions could have become law by being included in another bill. It is common for legislative text to be introduced concurrently in multiple bills (called companion bills), re-introduced in subsequent sessions of Congress in new bills, or added to larger bills (sometimes called omnibus bills).
264 Cosponsors (202 Democrats, 62 Republicans)
Position statements
What legislators are saying
“THIS WEEK IN CONGRESS - February 15, 2019”
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Rep. Gregorio Sablan [D-MP]
(Co-sponsor)
on Feb 19, 2019
“Congressman Gonzalez Supports Legislation to Repeal Windfall Elimination Provision and Government Pension Offset Titles for Social Security”
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Rep. Vicente Gonzalez [D-TX15]
(Co-sponsor)
on Jan 31, 2019
“Congressman Denver Riggleman's bipartisan FinCEN Legislation passes by unanimous consent in the House”
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Rep. Denver Riggleman [R-VA5, 2019-2020]
on Mar 12, 2019
History
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Apr 26, 2013
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Earlier Version —
Introduced
This activity took place on a related bill, H.R. 1795 (113th). |
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Feb 13, 2015
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Earlier Version —
Introduced
This activity took place on a related bill, H.R. 973 (114th). |
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Feb 21, 2017
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Earlier Version —
Introduced
This activity took place on a related bill, H.R. 1205 (115th). |
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Jan 3, 2019
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Introduced
Bills and resolutions are referred to committees which debate the bill before possibly sending it on to the whole chamber. |
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Jan 4, 2021
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Reintroduced Bill —
Introduced
This activity took place on a related bill, H.R. 82. |
H.R. 141 (116th) was a bill in the United States Congress.
A bill must be passed by both the House and Senate in identical form and then be signed by the President to become law.
Bills numbers restart every two years. That means there are other bills with the number H.R. 141. This is the one from the 116th Congress.
This bill was introduced in the 116th Congress, which met from Jan 3, 2019 to Jan 3, 2021. Legislation not passed by the end of a Congress is cleared from the books.
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