S 619
109th Congress
Senate
Social Welfare
Civil service retirement
Government Operations and Politics
Labor and Employment
Old age, survivors and disability insurance
Social Security Fairness Act of 2005
Introduced: March 14, 2005
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 14, 2005
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Mar 14, 2005
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2653)
Mar 14, 2005
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Social Security Fairness Act of 2005 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to repeal: (1) Government pension offset requirements 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 requirements with respect to computation of an individual's primary insurance amount.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Committees of jurisdiction
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