S 896 · 113th Congress 2013–2015, ended

Social Security Fairness Act of 2013

Introduced May 8, 2013 Originated Senate Sponsor Mark Begich D-AK

Fact sheet

Latest action · May 8, 2013 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Progress

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  1. IntroducedMay 8, 2013
  2. Passed SenateNot reached
  3. Passed HouseNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. 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 20

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 8, 2013 to Sep 11, 2014, with 3 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-NVDean HellerOriginalMay 8, 2013
D-MAElizabeth WarrenOriginalMay 8, 2013
R-MESusan M. CollinsOriginalMay 8, 2013
D-RIJack ReedMay 16, 2013
R-AKLisa MurkowskiJun 3, 2013
D-RISheldon WhitehouseJun 4, 2013
D-CABarbara BoxerJun 11, 2013
D-NMTom UdallJun 13, 2013
D-SDTim JohnsonJun 18, 2013
D-HIBrian SchatzJul 8, 2013
I-VTBernard SandersJul 25, 2013
D-VTPatrick J. LeahyJul 31, 2013
D-ORJeff MerkleySep 9, 2013
D-CTChristopher MurphySep 18, 2013
D-MNAl FrankenDec 18, 2013
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Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. May 8, 2013Introduced in Senate
  2. May 8, 2013Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Related bills 1

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

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 1795Social Security Fairness Act of 2013Identical billJun 3, 2013

Subjects

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

Text 1

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  1. May 8, 2013Introduced in Senate

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