HR 1332 · 112th Congress 2011–2013, ended

Social Security Fairness Act of 2011

Introduced Apr 1, 2011 Originated House Sponsor Howard P. "Buck" McKeon R-CA

Latest action · Apr 7, 2011 Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

IntroducedApr 1, 2011
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Social Security Fairness Act of 2011 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to repeal the government pension offset requirement applicable to and reducing husband's and wife's insurance benefits, widow's and widower's insurance benefits, and divorced mother's and divorced father's insurance benefits with respect to federal, state, or local government employees who receive a government pension and did not pay Social Security taxes during their years of government service, and so did not earn entitlement to Social Security benefits for those years.

Repeals also the windfall elimination requirement with respect to computation of an individual's primary insurance amount under which OASDI retirement or disability benefits are reduced if the individual receives a federal, state, or local government pension, did not pay Social Security taxes during the years of government service, and so did not earn entitlement to Social Security benefits for those years.

Cosponsors 170

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 1, 2011 to Jun 25, 2012; 49 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-CA	Adam B. Schiff	Original	Apr 1, 2011
D-NM	Ben Ray Luján	Original	Apr 1, 2011
D-OH	Betty Sutton	Original	Apr 1, 2011
D-CA	Bob Filner	Original	Apr 1, 2011
D-CA	Brad Sherman	Original	Apr 1, 2011
D-NY	Carolyn B. Maloney	Original	Apr 1, 2011
R-IN	Dan Burton	Original	Apr 1, 2011
D-IL	Daniel Lipinski	Original	Apr 1, 2011
D-NC	David E. Price	Original	Apr 1, 2011
D-GA	David Scott	Original	Apr 1, 2011
D-OR	David Wu	Original	Apr 1, 2011
R-NV	Dean Heller	Original	Apr 1, 2011
D-DC	Eleanor Holmes Norton	Original	Apr 1, 2011
R-CA	Elton Gallegly	Original	Apr 1, 2011
D-CA	Fortney Pete Stark	Original	Apr 1, 2011
D-NY	Gary L. Ackerman	Original	Apr 1, 2011
D-TX	Gene Green	Original	Apr 1, 2011
D-CA	George Miller	Original	Apr 1, 2011
D-VA	Gerald E. Connolly	Original	Apr 1, 2011
D-CA	Howard L. Berman	Original	Apr 1, 2011
D-IL	Janice D. Schakowsky	Original	Apr 1, 2011
R-OH	Jean Schmidt	Original	Apr 1, 2011
D-IL	Jerry F. Costello	Original	Apr 1, 2011
D-IL	Jesse L. Jackson, Jr.	Original	Apr 1, 2011
D-CT	Joe Courtney	Original	Apr 1, 2011
R-SC	Joe Wilson	Original	Apr 1, 2011
D-CT	John B. Larson	Original	Apr 1, 2011
D-MA	John F. Tierney	Original	Apr 1, 2011
D-GA	John Lewis	Original	Apr 1, 2011
D-MD	John P. Sarbanes	Original	Apr 1, 2011
D-MA	John W. Olver	Original	Apr 1, 2011
D-NC	Larry Kissell	Original	Apr 1, 2011
D-IA	Leonard L. Boswell	Original	Apr 1, 2011
D-CA	Linda T. Sánchez	Original	Apr 1, 2011
D-CA	Lois Capps	Original	Apr 1, 2011
D-HI	Mazie K. Hirono	Original	Apr 1, 2011
D-ME	Michael H. Michaud	Original	Apr 1, 2011
R-TX	Michael T. McCaul	Original	Apr 1, 2011
D-NC	Mike McIntyre	Original	Apr 1, 2011
D-AR	Mike Ross	Original	Apr 1, 2011
D-MA	Niki Tsongas	Original	Apr 1, 2011
D-IN	Peter J. Visclosky	Original	Apr 1, 2011
D-AZ	Raúl M. Grijalva	Original	Apr 1, 2011
R-TX	Ron Paul	Original	Apr 1, 2011
D-NV	Shelley Berkley	Original	Apr 1, 2011
D-TX	Silvestre Reyes	Original	Apr 1, 2011
D-PA	Tim Holden	Original	Apr 1, 2011
D-MA	William R. Keating	Original	Apr 1, 2011
D-CA	Zoe Lofgren	Original	Apr 1, 2011
D-MA	Barney Frank		Apr 15, 2011
D-NJ	Frank Pallone, Jr.		Apr 15, 2011
D-CA	Jerry McNerney		Apr 15, 2011
D-CA	Judy Chu		Apr 15, 2011
R-CA	Ken Calvert		Apr 15, 2011
D-CA	Lynn C. Woolsey		Apr 15, 2011
D-CA	Maxine Waters		Apr 15, 2011
R-TX	Michael C. Burgess		Apr 15, 2011
R-PA	Michael G. Fitzpatrick		Apr 15, 2011
D-WA	Rick Larsen		Apr 15, 2011
D-CA	Sam Farr		Apr 15, 2011
R-OH	Steven C. LaTourette		Apr 15, 2011
D-CA	Susan A. Davis		Apr 15, 2011
D-NJ	Bill Pascrell, Jr.		May 12, 2011
D-ME	Chellie Pingree		May 12, 2011
R-OK	Frank D. Lucas		May 12, 2011
D-CA	Grace F. Napolitano		May 12, 2011
D-CA	Joe Baca		May 12, 2011
D-KY	John A. Yarmuth		May 12, 2011
D-CA	Lucille Roybal-Allard		May 12, 2011
R-GA	Lynn A. Westmoreland		May 12, 2011
R-OH	Michael R. Turner		May 12, 2011
D-VT	Peter Welch		May 12, 2011
R-VA	Robert J. Wittman		May 12, 2011
D-GA	Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.		May 12, 2011
D-MA	Stephen F. Lynch		May 12, 2011
R-PA	Todd Russell Platts		May 12, 2011
D-NY	William L. Owens		May 12, 2011
R-CA	Duncan Hunter		Jun 13, 2011
D-MA	Michael E. Capuano		Jun 13, 2011
D-MO	Russ Carnahan		Jun 13, 2011
R-PA	Tim Murphy		Jun 13, 2011
R-IL	Timothy V. Johnson		Jun 13, 2011
R-IL	Aaron Schock		Jul 19, 2011
D-MN	Betty McCollum		Jul 19, 2011
R-LA	Bill Cassidy		Jul 19, 2011
R-PA	Bill Shuster		Jul 19, 2011
R-MO	Billy Long		Jul 19, 2011
R-KY	Brett Guthrie		Jul 19, 2011
R-FL	C. W. Bill Young		Jul 19, 2011
R-NJ	Christopher H. Smith		Jul 19, 2011
R-TN	David P. Roe		Jul 19, 2011
R-AK	Don Young		Jul 19, 2011
D-NJ	Donald M. Payne		Jul 19, 2011
R-KY	Ed Whitfield		Jul 19, 2011
R-NJ	Frank A. LoBiondo		Jul 19, 2011
R-VA	Frank R. Wolf		Jul 19, 2011
R-PA	Glenn Thompson		Jul 19, 2011
D-GA	Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.		Jul 19, 2011
D-VA	James P. Moran		Jul 19, 2011
D-GA	John Barrow		Jul 19, 2011
R-FL	John L. Mica		Jul 19, 2011
R-IL	John Shimkus		Jul 19, 2011
D-NM	Martin Heinrich		Jul 19, 2011
R-AL	Mike Rogers		Jul 19, 2011
D-NJ	Steven R. Rothman		Jul 19, 2011
D-WI	Tammy Baldwin		Jul 19, 2011
R-WI	Thomas E. Petri		Jul 19, 2011
D-OH	Tim Ryan		Jul 19, 2011
R-CA	Gary G. Miller		Sep 20, 2011
D-PA	Jason Altmire		Sep 20, 2011
R-IL	Judy Biggert		Sep 20, 2011
D-OH	Marcy Kaptur		Sep 20, 2011
D-OR	Peter A. DeFazio		Sep 20, 2011
R-NY	Peter T. King		Sep 20, 2011
R-OH	Steve Chabot		Sep 20, 2011
D-TN	Steve Cohen		Sep 20, 2011
D-CT	Christopher Murphy		Oct 6, 2011
R-IL	Donald A. Manzullo		Oct 6, 2011
R-CA	Edward R. Royce		Oct 6, 2011
D-MA	James P. McGovern		Oct 6, 2011
D-CA	Mike Thompson		Oct 6, 2011
D-CA	Barbara Lee		Dec 15, 2011
D-IA	Bruce L. Braley		Dec 15, 2011
D-MD	C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger		Dec 15, 2011
R-WA	Cathy McMorris Rodgers		Dec 15, 2011
D-MA	Edward J. Markey		Dec 15, 2011
D-NY	Eliot L. Engel		Dec 15, 2011
R-CA	Jerry Lewis		Dec 15, 2011
D-FL	Kathy Castor		Dec 15, 2011
D-TX	Lloyd Doggett		Dec 15, 2011
R-NY	Richard L. Hanna		Dec 15, 2011
R-IL	Robert J. Dold		Dec 15, 2011
D-FL	Theodore E. Deutch		Dec 15, 2011
R-NC	Walter B. Jones		Dec 15, 2011
D-NC	Brad Miller		Jan 18, 2012
D-FL	Frederica S. Wilson		Jan 18, 2012
R-PA	Jim Gerlach		Jan 18, 2012
D-WA	Jim McDermott		Jan 18, 2012
R-NJ	Jon Runyan		Jan 18, 2012
D-CA	Laura Richardson		Jan 18, 2012
R-NJ	Leonard Lance		Jan 18, 2012
D-GU	Madeleine Z. Bordallo		Jan 18, 2012
R-PA	Patrick Meehan		Jan 18, 2012
D-NJ	Robert E. Andrews		Jan 18, 2012
R-MO	Sam Graves		Jan 18, 2012
D-NY	Jerrold Nadler		Jan 23, 2012
D-MA	Richard E. Neal		Jan 23, 2012
D-KY	Ben Chandler		Feb 13, 2012
D-IL	Mike Quigley		Feb 15, 2012
D-RI	James R. Langevin		Feb 24, 2012
D-PA	Michael F. Doyle		Feb 27, 2012
D-CT	Rosa L. DeLauro		Feb 27, 2012
D-CT	James A. Himes		Feb 29, 2012
D-CA	Jim Costa		Feb 29, 2012
D-IL	Bobby L. Rush		Mar 5, 2012
D-NJ	Rush Holt		Mar 5, 2012
R-IL	Adam Kinzinger		Mar 8, 2012
R-UT	Rob Bishop		Mar 8, 2012
D-NJ	Albio Sires		Mar 20, 2012
D-OH	Dennis J. Kucinich		Mar 20, 2012
D-MI	Gary C. Peters		Mar 20, 2012
D-CA	Janice Hahn		Mar 20, 2012
D-CA	Michael M. Honda		Mar 20, 2012
D-TX	Ruben Hinojosa		Mar 20, 2012
D-CA	Karen Bass		Mar 26, 2012
D-CA	Doris O. Matsui		Apr 16, 2012
D-MO	Wm. Lacy Clay		Apr 25, 2012
R-NY	Michael G. Grimm		May 30, 2012
R-OH	Steve Stivers		May 30, 2012
R-MO	Jo Ann Emerson		Jun 25, 2012

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Ways and Means Committee	Referred Apr 1, 2011
	Social Security Subcommittee	Referred Apr 7, 2011

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

Apr 7, 2011Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
Apr 1, 2011Introduced in House
Apr 1, 2011Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: The constitutional authority for the Social Security Fairness Act of 2011 is Article I, Section 9, Clause 7, giving Congress the authority to control the expenditures of the federal government.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H2267.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 2010	Social Security Fairness Act of 2011	Identical bill	Dec 16, 2011

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To amend title II of the Social Security Act to repeal the Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions.
Short Titles as Introduced: Social Security Fairness Act of 2011

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Social Welfare.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Apr 1, 2011Introduced in House

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