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The Social Security Fairness Act is a United States law that repealed the Social Security Government Pension Offset and Windfall Elimination Provision. [1] The bill passed the House in November 2024 and then passed the Senate in December. [2] It was signed into law by President Biden on January 5, 2025. [3]
The Windfall Elimination Provision affects people who qualify for Social Security benefits through their job but also receive a pension from another job where they didn't pay into Social Security ...
Decades in the making, the bill would repeal two federal policies — the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and the Government Pension Offset (GPO) — that broadly reduce payments to nearly 3 ...
The Social Security Fairness Act would repeal two policies that reduce Social Security benefits for public employees. One, the Windfall Elimination Provision, prevents public employees with a ...
In 2024, HR 82, the Social Security Fairness Act—repealing the WEP—passed both houses of Congress, and was signed by President Joe Biden on January 5, 2025. [ 11 ] According to the Congressional Research Service, approximately 2.1 million people were affected by the WEP as of December 2023.
The Social Security Fairness Act, which would increase benefits for 2.8 million retirees, has bipartisan support but time running out.
Social security benefits were reduced by two-thirds of the non-covered government pension amount. [1] Note this is not two-thirds of the Social Security benefit; for example, a $600 non-covered pension benefit would reduce Social Security spousal benefits by $400, regardless of whether the spouse was entitled to $500 or $1000 on the Social Security record of the number holder.
The Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and the Government Pension Offset (GPO) "penalize families across the country who worked a public service job for part of their career with a separate ...