Social Security Fairness Act of 2017
Official title: To amend title II of the Social Security Act to repeal the Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions.
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
Social Security Fairness Act of 2017
This bill amends title II (Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to repeal the "government pension offset" and the "windfall elimination provision." Under current law, those provisions reduce OASDI benefits for individuals who receive a pension based on earnings in government employment that was not covered under the Social Security program.
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1205: Social Security Fairness Act of 2017. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-1205/
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