Social Security Fairness Act of 2017
Latest action · Apr 24, 2017 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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 24, 2017
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
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.
Cosponsors 27
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 24, 2017 to Sep 24, 2018; 5 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MO | Claire McCaskill | Original | Apr 24, 2017 |
| R-NV | Dean Heller | Original | Apr 24, 2017 |
| R-AK | Lisa Murkowski | Original | Apr 24, 2017 |
| R-ME | Susan M. Collins | Original | Apr 24, 2017 |
| D-WI | Tammy Baldwin | Original | Apr 24, 2017 |
| I-ME | Angus S. King Jr. | Apr 28, 2017 | |
| D-CT | Christopher Murphy | May 22, 2017 | |
| D-NJ | Robert Menendez | Jun 5, 2017 | |
| R-LA | John Kennedy | Sep 18, 2017 | |
| D-FL | Bill Nelson | Dec 1, 2017 | |
| D-MA | Elizabeth Warren | Dec 1, 2017 | |
| D-RI | Jack Reed | Dec 1, 2017 | |
| D-HI | Mazie K. Hirono | Dec 1, 2017 | |
| D-VT | Patrick J. Leahy | Dec 1, 2017 | |
| D-RI | Sheldon Whitehouse | Dec 1, 2017 | |
| D-MA | Edward J. Markey | Jan 18, 2018 | |
| D-CT | Richard Blumenthal | Jan 18, 2018 | |
| D-NV | Catherine Cortez Masto | Jan 19, 2018 | |
| D-MN | Amy Klobuchar | Feb 14, 2018 | |
| D-NH | Margaret Wood Hassan | Feb 14, 2018 | |
| D-MD | Chris Van Hollen | Mar 6, 2018 | |
| D-MN | Tina Smith | Mar 7, 2018 | |
| D-IL | Tammy Duckworth | Apr 12, 2018 | |
| D-PA | Robert P. Casey Jr. | May 9, 2018 | |
| D-NY | Kirsten E. Gillibrand | May 21, 2018 | |
| D-WA | Patty Murray | Sep 24, 2018 | |
| D-NM | Tom Udall | Sep 24, 2018 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Finance Committee | Referred Apr 24, 2017 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 24, 2017Introduced in Senate
- Apr 24, 2017Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S6272 | John Kennedy R-LA | Oct 3, 2017 |
Related bills 3
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 521 | Social Security Fairness Act | Reintroduced Bill | Feb 14, 2019 |
| HR 1205 | Social Security Fairness Act of 2017 | Identical bill | Mar 6, 2017 |
| S 1651 | Social Security Fairness Act of 2015 | Reintroduction of | Jun 23, 2015 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill 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 2017
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Social Welfare.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 24, 2017Introduced in Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
