Social Security Fairness Act of 2013
Latest action · Jun 3, 2013 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 26, 2013
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Social Security Fairness Act of 2013 - 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 136
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 26, 2013 to Nov 14, 2014; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Adam B. Schiff | Original | Apr 26, 2013 |
| D-NH | Carol Shea-Porter | May 6, 2013 | |
| D-ME | Chellie Pingree | May 6, 2013 | |
| D-IA | David Loebsack | May 6, 2013 | |
| R-PA | Glenn Thompson | May 6, 2013 | |
| D-CA | Janice Hahn | May 6, 2013 | |
| D-CA | Juan Vargas | May 6, 2013 | |
| D-ME | Michael H. Michaud | May 6, 2013 | |
| D-MA | Niki Tsongas | May 6, 2013 | |
| R-NY | Richard L. Hanna | May 6, 2013 | |
| D-WA | Rick Larsen | May 6, 2013 | |
| D-NJ | Albio Sires | May 8, 2013 | |
| D-NM | Ben Ray Luján | May 8, 2013 | |
| D-MD | C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger | May 8, 2013 | |
| R-OH | David P. Joyce | May 8, 2013 | |
| D-NV | Dina Titus | May 8, 2013 | |
| D-CA | Eric Swalwell | May 8, 2013 | |
| D-CA | Jared Huffman | May 8, 2013 | |
| R-NJ | Jon Runyan | May 8, 2013 | |
| D-CA | Judy Chu | May 8, 2013 | |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | May 8, 2013 | |
| D-CA | Anna G. Eshoo | May 15, 2013 | |
| R-MO | Billy Long | May 15, 2013 | |
| D-IL | Daniel Lipinski | May 15, 2013 | |
| D-NC | David E. Price | May 15, 2013 | |
| R-CA | Duncan Hunter | May 15, 2013 | |
| R-KY | Ed Whitfield | May 15, 2013 | |
| R-CA | Edward R. Royce | May 15, 2013 | |
| D-RI | James R. Langevin | May 15, 2013 | |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | May 15, 2013 | |
| D-CT | John B. Larson | May 15, 2013 | |
| D-CA | Mark Takano | May 15, 2013 | |
| D-CA | Michael M. Honda | May 15, 2013 | |
| R-PA | Patrick Meehan | May 15, 2013 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | May 15, 2013 | |
| D-CT | Rosa L. DeLauro | May 15, 2013 | |
| D-CA | Sam Farr | May 15, 2013 | |
| D-MA | William R. Keating | May 15, 2013 | |
| R-IL | Aaron Schock | May 20, 2013 | |
| D-MD | Elijah E. Cummings | May 20, 2013 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | May 20, 2013 | |
| D-CT | Joe Courtney | May 20, 2013 | |
| D-MA | John F. Tierney | May 20, 2013 | |
| D-CA | Julia Brownley | May 20, 2013 | |
| D-CA | Lois Capps | May 20, 2013 | |
| D-VT | Peter Welch | May 20, 2013 | |
| D-IL | Bradley Scott Schneider | May 23, 2013 | |
| D-CT | Elizabeth H. Esty | May 23, 2013 | |
| D-CA | Henry A. Waxman | May 23, 2013 | |
| D-CA | Jerry McNerney | May 23, 2013 | |
| D-CA | John Garamendi | May 23, 2013 | |
| R-VA | Robert J. Wittman | May 23, 2013 | |
| R-PA | Tim Murphy | May 23, 2013 | |
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | Jun 6, 2013 | |
| D-RI | David N. Cicilline | Jun 6, 2013 | |
| R-AK | Don Young | Jun 6, 2013 | |
| R-CA | Gary G. Miller | Jun 6, 2013 | |
| D-KY | John A. Yarmuth | Jun 6, 2013 | |
| D-MD | John P. Sarbanes | Jun 6, 2013 | |
| R-NY | Peter T. King | Jun 6, 2013 | |
| D-CA | Tony Cárdenas | Jun 6, 2013 | |
| D-TX | Gene Green | Jun 14, 2013 | |
| D-VA | Gerald E. Connolly | Jun 14, 2013 | |
| D-CT | James A. Himes | Jun 14, 2013 | |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Jun 14, 2013 | |
| D-GA | John Lewis | Jun 14, 2013 | |
| R-TX | Michael C. Burgess | Jun 14, 2013 | |
| D-MA | Michael E. Capuano | Jun 14, 2013 | |
| R-NY | Michael G. Grimm | Jun 14, 2013 | |
| D-IN | Peter J. Visclosky | Jun 14, 2013 | |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Jun 14, 2013 | |
| D-OH | Tim Ryan | Jun 14, 2013 | |
| R-FL | C. W. Bill Young | Jun 19, 2013 | |
| D-MA | Joseph P. Kennedy III | Jun 19, 2013 | |
| R-OH | Michael R. Turner | Jun 19, 2013 | |
| D-WA | Suzan K. DelBene | Jun 19, 2013 | |
| R-TX | Ted Poe | Jun 19, 2013 | |
| D-IL | William L. Enyart | Jun 19, 2013 | |
| R-IL | Adam Kinzinger | Jul 9, 2013 | |
| D-IL | Bill Foster | Jul 9, 2013 | |
| R-TN | John J. Duncan, Jr. | Jul 9, 2013 | |
| R-TX | Randy Neugebauer | Jul 9, 2013 | |
| D-CA | Raul Ruiz | Jul 9, 2013 | |
| D-CA | Jim Costa | Jul 17, 2013 | |
| D-CA | Alan S. Lowenthal | Jul 22, 2013 | |
| D-NJ | Frank Pallone, Jr. | Aug 1, 2013 | |
| D-CA | Linda T. Sánchez | Aug 1, 2013 | |
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | Aug 2, 2013 | |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Sep 10, 2013 | |
| R-LA | Charles W. Boustany, Jr. | Sep 10, 2013 | |
| R-KY | Thomas Massie | Sep 10, 2013 | |
| R-PA | Bill Shuster | Sep 12, 2013 | |
| D-IL | Cheri Bustos | Oct 22, 2013 | |
| D-OH | Joyce Beatty | Oct 28, 2013 | |
| R-CA | David G. Valadao | Oct 30, 2013 | |
| D-TX | Beto O'Rourke | Nov 18, 2013 | |
| R-TX | Ralph M. Hall | Nov 18, 2013 | |
| D-CA | Brad Sherman | Nov 20, 2013 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Dec 3, 2013 | |
| D-PA | Michael F. Doyle | Dec 3, 2013 | |
| D-MA | Stephen F. Lynch | Dec 11, 2013 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Dec 11, 2013 | |
| R-PA | Jim Gerlach | Dec 12, 2013 | |
| D-FL | Lois Frankel | Dec 12, 2013 | |
| R-MO | Sam Graves | Dec 12, 2013 | |
| D-PA | Matt Cartwright | Dec 23, 2013 | |
| R-FL | Mario Diaz-Balart | Jan 7, 2014 | |
| D-TX | Al Green | Jan 8, 2014 | |
| D-FL | Theodore E. Deutch | Jan 15, 2014 | |
| R-KY | Brett Guthrie | Feb 25, 2014 | |
| R-NJ | Frank A. LoBiondo | Feb 25, 2014 | |
| D-MA | Katherine M. Clark | Feb 25, 2014 | |
| R-PA | Michael G. Fitzpatrick | Feb 25, 2014 | |
| D-OH | Marcy Kaptur | Feb 28, 2014 | |
| D-OR | Peter A. DeFazio | Mar 26, 2014 | |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Apr 7, 2014 | |
| D-CA | Mike Thompson | Apr 7, 2014 | |
| D-CA | Doris O. Matsui | Apr 29, 2014 | |
| R-FL | Ted S. Yoho | May 7, 2014 | |
| D-CA | Ami Bera | May 23, 2014 | |
| D-OH | Marcia L. Fudge | Jun 12, 2014 | |
| R-NJ | Leonard Lance | Jun 25, 2014 | |
| R-IL | John Shimkus | Jul 8, 2014 | |
| D-NY | Brian Higgins | Jul 11, 2014 | |
| D-IN | André Carson | Jul 14, 2014 | |
| R-OR | Greg Walden | Jul 14, 2014 | |
| D-GA | John Barrow | Jul 15, 2014 | |
| D-NY | Sean Patrick Maloney | Jul 16, 2014 | |
| D-MO | Wm. Lacy Clay | Jul 22, 2014 | |
| R-CA | Ken Calvert | Jul 31, 2014 | |
| D-TX | Marc A. Veasey | Jul 31, 2014 | |
| D-FL | Alan Grayson | Sep 9, 2014 | |
| R-NE | Lee Terry | Sep 9, 2014 | |
| D-MN | Timothy J. Walz | Sep 18, 2014 | |
| D-CA | Jackie Speier | Nov 14, 2014 | |
| D-TX | Lloyd Doggett | Nov 14, 2014 |
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 26, 2013 |
| Social Security Subcommittee | Referred Jun 3, 2013 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 3, 2013Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
- Apr 26, 2013Introduced in House
- Apr 26, 2013Referred 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
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H5348.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 896 | Social Security Fairness Act of 2013 | Identical bill | May 8, 2013 |
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 2013
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Social Welfare.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 26, 2013Introduced in House
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