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HR 4391 108th Congress House

Public Servant Retirement Protection Act

Official title: To amend title II of the Social Security Act to repeal the windfall elimination provision and protect the retirement of public servants.

Introduced: May 19, 2004 See on congress.gov
Social Welfare Civil service retirementGovernment Operations and PoliticsLabor and EmploymentOld age, survivors and disability insurance
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 20, 2004
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Jun 1, 2004
Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
May 19, 2004
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
May 19, 2004
Introduced in House
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 Latest action July 20, 2004

Subcommittee Hearings Held.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Public Servant Retirement Protection Act - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to repeal the current windfall elimination provisions (which reduce Social Security benefits of retirees who paid into the Social Security system for part of their careers and who also receive a government pension from work in the public sector not covered by Social Security) and to replace them with a formula that treats non-Social Security earnings as if they were Social Security earnings for the purpose of calculating lifetime earnings for certain individuals.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 2455 Identical bill Public Servant Retirement Protection Act
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 10
All 10 Democratic 6 Republican 3
D
Baldwin, Tammy
Wisconsin · Sep 8, 2004
 R
Calvert, Ken
California · Jul 13, 2004
 D
Sánchez, Linda T.
California · Jul 6, 2004
 D
Sherman, Brad
California · Jul 6, 2004
 D
Waters, Maxine
California · Jul 6, 2004
 R
Sessions, Pete
Texas · Jun 23, 2004
 D
Schiff, Adam B.
California · Jun 22, 2004
EDWARDS, CHET
· Jun 21, 2004
 R
Carter, John R.
Texas · May 20, 2004
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · May 20, 2004
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4391: Public Servant Retirement Protection Act. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-4391/
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