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S 3401 116th Congress Senate

Equal Treatment of Public Servants Act of 2020

Official title: A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to replace the windfall elimination provision with a formula equalizing benefits for certain individuals wi… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to replace the windfall elimination provision with a formula equalizing benefits for certain individuals with noncovered employment, and for other purposes.

Introduced: March 5, 2020 Introduced by: Cruz, Ted Republican · Texas See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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Equal Treatment of Public Servants Act of 2020

This bill phases in a new funding formula for determining benefit amounts under the windfall elimination provision (WEP). (The WEP reduces Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance benefits for those who receive pensions for certain non-covered employment.)

The new formula adjusts an individual's total lifetime earnings based on the proportion of those earnings subject to Social Security payroll taxes. It applies to individuals who (1) become eligible for old-age or disability benefits after 2060, and (2) have earnings from non-covered service performed in a year after 1977. Beneficiaries who become eligible for benefits between 2022 and 2060 receive the higher of their benefit calculated under the existing WEP or the new formula. In addition, certain beneficiaries currently impacted by the WEP receive an additional payment.

The Social Security Administration must include non-covered earnings in Social Security account statements and must study the feasibility of partnering with certain pension systems to address data sharing issues related to non-covered pensions.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 3934 Related bill Equal Treatment of Public Servants Act of 2019
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Cornyn, John
Texas · Sep 8, 2020
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Cassidy, Bill
Louisiana · Mar 5, 2020
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3401: Equal Treatment of Public Servants Act of 2020. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-3401/
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