Social Security Fairness Act of 2005

Social Security Fairness Act of 2005 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to repeal: (1) pension offset provisions applicable to husband's and wife's insurance benefits, widow's and widower's insurance benefits, and mother's and father's insurance benefits with respect to OASDI payments; and (2) windfall elimination provisions with respect to computation of the primary insurance amount of an individual.

[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 147 Introduced in House (IH)]






109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 147

 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 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 4, 2005

 Mr. McKeon (for himself, Mr. Berman, Mrs. Biggert, Mr. Boehlert, Mr. 
McHugh, Mr. Goode, Mr. Baker, Mr. Lewis of California, Mr. Saxton, Mr. 
 Paul, Mr. Cunningham, Mr. Neugebauer, Mrs. Emerson, Mr. Gene Green of 
  Texas, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Butterfield, Mr. Wynn, Mr. 
Waxman, Mr. McIntyre, Mrs. Capps, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Mr. Brown of Ohio, 
 Mr. Duncan, Mr. Gary G. Miller of California, Mr. Bonner, Mr. Porter, 
 Mr. Burgess, Mr. Ney, Mr. Calvert, Mrs. Jo Ann Davis of Virginia, Mr. 
Hayes, Ms. Lee, Mr. Kind, Mr. Filner, Mr. Doggett, Mr. Strickland, Ms. 
    Zoe Lofgren of California, Mr. Scott of Georgia, Mr. Engel, Mr. 
  Crowley, Mr. Mollohan, Mr. Pallone, Mr. Michaud, Ms. DeLauro, Mrs. 
 McCarthy, Mr. Weiner, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. Goodlatte, Ms. Ros-Lehtinen, Mr. 
  Bradley of New Hampshire, Mr. Garrett of New Jersey, Mr. Walsh, Mr. 
Simmons, Mr. Lincoln Diaz-Balart of Florida, Mr. Nunes, Mr. LaTourette, 
   Mr. Rogers of Alabama, Mr. Olver, Mr. Tom Davis of Virginia, Mr. 
   Sherman, Mr. Alexander, Mr. DeFazio, Mr. Lynch, Mr. Grijalva, Ms. 
Millender-McDonald, Mr. Holden, Mr. Edwards, Ms. Waters, Mrs. Maloney, 
 Ms. Solis, Mrs. Lowey, Mr. Oberstar, Mr. Bishop of Georgia, Mr. Clay, 
Mr. Payne, Mr. Farr, Mr. Evans, Mr. Costello, Mr. Moore of Kansas, Mr. 
 Nadler, Mr. Honda, Ms. Slaughter, Mr. Hastings of Florida, Mr. Ross, 
  Ms. Linda T. Sanchez of California, Mr. Langevin, Mr. Boucher, Mr. 
   Ortiz, Mr. Inslee, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Peterson of Minnesota, Mr. 
 Larson of Connecticut, Mr. Berry, Mr. Scott of Virginia, Mr. Kildee, 
   Mr. Capuano, Ms. Berkley, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Schiff, Mr. Holt, Mr. 
  Emanuel, Ms. McCollum of Minnesota, Mr. Delahunt, Ms. Eddie Bernice 
 Johnson of Texas, Mr. Chandler, Mr. Rush, Mr. Jenkins, Mr. Cummings, 
 Mr. Bonilla, Mr. Davis of Florida, Mr. Cardoza, Mr. Baca, Ms. Harman, 
   Mr. Lantos, Mrs. Davis of California, Mr. Hall, Ms. Kilpatrick of 
Michigan, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Mr. Rothman, Mr. Weller, Mr. Gallegly, 
and Mr. Allen) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Ways and Means

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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 
2005''.

SEC. 2. REPEAL OF GOVERNMENT PENSION OFFSET PROVISION.

    Section 202(k) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 402(k)) is 
amended by striking paragraph (5).

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 2005. 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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