HR 2337 · 117th Congress 2021–2023, ended

Public Servants Protection and Fairness Act of 2021

Latest action · Apr 1, 2021 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.

  1. IntroducedApr 1, 2021
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Public Servants Protection and Fairness Act of 2021

This bill establishes an alternative formula to calculate Social Security retirement benefits for those who receive pensions for certain non-covered employment. (The existing formula is known as the windfall elimination provision.)

The alternative formula adjusts an individual's total lifetime earnings based on the proportion of covered earnings (i.e., earnings subject to Social Security payroll taxes). It applies to individuals who (1) first become eligible for benefits after 2022, (2) have earnings from non-covered service performed after 1977, and (3) have less than 30 years of coverage (i.e., years in which a beneficiary is considered to have contributed a substantial amount into the Social Security trust funds).

Beneficiaries receive the higher benefit amount as calculated under the alternative method or the existing formula. In addition, the bill provides rebates for certain beneficiaries currently impacted by the existing formula.

The Social Security Administration must include non-covered earnings in Social Security account statements, and the Government Accountability Office must study the availability of certain information related to retirement plans maintained by state and local governments.

Cosponsors 190

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 1, 2021 to Sep 28, 2022; 139 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-VAAbigail Davis SpanbergerOriginalApr 1, 2021
D-CAAdam B. SchiffOriginalApr 1, 2021
D-WAAdam SmithOriginalApr 1, 2021
D-NYAdriano EspaillatOriginalApr 1, 2021
D-TXAl GreenOriginalApr 1, 2021
D-CAAlan S. LowenthalOriginalApr 1, 2021
D-NJAlbio SiresOriginalApr 1, 2021
D-FLAlcee L. HastingsOriginalApr 1, 2021
D-NCAlma S. AdamsOriginalApr 1, 2021
D-INAndré CarsonOriginalApr 1, 2021
D-NJAndy KimOriginalApr 1, 2021
D-MIAndy LevinOriginalApr 1, 2021
D-NHAnn M. KusterOriginalApr 1, 2021
D-CAAnna G. EshooOriginalApr 1, 2021
D-MDAnthony G. BrownOriginalApr 1, 2021
D-NYAntonio DelgadoOriginalApr 1, 2021
D-MAAyanna PressleyOriginalApr 1, 2021
D-CABarbara LeeOriginalApr 1, 2021
D-MSBennie G. ThompsonOriginalApr 1, 2021
D-MNBetty McCollumOriginalApr 1, 2021
D-ILBill FosterOriginalApr 1, 2021
D-NJBill Pascrell, Jr.OriginalApr 1, 2021
D-ILBobby L. RushOriginalApr 1, 2021
D-NJBonnie Watson ColemanOriginalApr 1, 2021
D-CABrad ShermanOriginalApr 1, 2021
D-ILBradley Scott SchneiderOriginalApr 1, 2021
D-PABrendan F. BoyleOriginalApr 1, 2021
D-NYBrian HigginsOriginalApr 1, 2021
D-MDC. A. Dutch RuppersbergerOriginalApr 1, 2021
D-NYCarolyn B. MaloneyOriginalApr 1, 2021
D-FLCharlie CristOriginalApr 1, 2021
D-MEChellie PingreeOriginalApr 1, 2021
D-NHChris PappasOriginalApr 1, 2021
D-TXColin Z. AllredOriginalApr 1, 2021
D-PAConor LambOriginalApr 1, 2021
D-IACynthia AxneOriginalApr 1, 2021
D-MIDaniel T. KildeeOriginalApr 1, 2021
D-ILDanny K. DavisOriginalApr 1, 2021
D-FLDarren SotoOriginalApr 1, 2021
D-MDDavid J. TroneOriginalApr 1, 2021
D-RIDavid N. CicillineOriginalApr 1, 2021
D-WADerek KilmerOriginalApr 1, 2021
D-CODiana DeGetteOriginalApr 1, 2021
D-NVDina TitusOriginalApr 1, 2021
D-NJDonald M. Payne, Jr.OriginalApr 1, 2021
D-VADonald S. Beyer, Jr.OriginalApr 1, 2021
D-PADwight EvansOriginalApr 1, 2021
D-OREarl BlumenauerOriginalApr 1, 2021
D-COEd PerlmutterOriginalApr 1, 2021
D-TXEddie Bernice JohnsonOriginalApr 1, 2021
D-VAElaine G. LuriaOriginalApr 1, 2021
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonOriginalApr 1, 2021
D-MIElissa SlotkinOriginalApr 1, 2021
D-TXFilemon VelaOriginalApr 1, 2021
D-CAGrace F. NapolitanoOriginalApr 1, 2021
D-NYGrace MengOriginalApr 1, 2021
D-MPGregorio Kilili Camacho SablanOriginalApr 1, 2021
D-NYGregory W. MeeksOriginalApr 1, 2021
D-WIGwen MooreOriginalApr 1, 2021
D-NYHakeem S. JeffriesOriginalApr 1, 2021
D-TXHenry CuellarOriginalApr 1, 2021
D-CAJ. Luis CorreaOriginalApr 1, 2021
D-CAJackie SpeierOriginalApr 1, 2021
D-CTJahana HayesOriginalApr 1, 2021
D-MAJake AuchinclossOriginalApr 1, 2021
D-MAJames P. McGovernOriginalApr 1, 2021
D-RIJames R. LangevinOriginalApr 1, 2021
D-MDJamie RaskinOriginalApr 1, 2021
D-ILJanice D. SchakowskyOriginalApr 1, 2021
D-MEJared F. GoldenOriginalApr 1, 2021
D-CAJared HuffmanOriginalApr 1, 2021
D-NYJerrold NadlerOriginalApr 1, 2021
D-CAJerry McNerneyOriginalApr 1, 2021
D-ILJesús G. "Chuy" GarcíaOriginalApr 1, 2021
D-CAJimmy GomezOriginalApr 1, 2021
D-CAJimmy PanettaOriginalApr 1, 2021
D-TXJoaquin CastroOriginalApr 1, 2021
D-CTJoe CourtneyOriginalApr 1, 2021
D-COJoe NeguseOriginalApr 1, 2021
D-CTJohn B. LarsonOriginalApr 1, 2021
D-CAJohn GaramendiOriginalApr 1, 2021
D-NJJosh GottheimerOriginalApr 1, 2021
D-OHJoyce BeattyOriginalApr 1, 2021
D-CAJuan VargasOriginalApr 1, 2021
D-CAJudy ChuOriginalApr 1, 2021
D-CAJulia BrownleyOriginalApr 1, 2021
D-MAKatherine M. ClarkOriginalApr 1, 2021
D-FLKathy CastorOriginalApr 1, 2021
D-WAKim SchrierOriginalApr 1, 2021
D-CALinda T. SánchezOriginalApr 1, 2021
D-DELisa Blunt RochesterOriginalApr 1, 2021
D-MALori TrahanOriginalApr 1, 2021
D-CALucille Roybal-AllardOriginalApr 1, 2021
D-GALucy McBathOriginalApr 1, 2021
D-PAMadeleine DeanOriginalApr 1, 2021
D-TXMarc A. VeaseyOriginalApr 1, 2021
D-OHMarcy KapturOriginalApr 1, 2021
D-CAMark DeSaulnierOriginalApr 1, 2021
D-WIMark PocanOriginalApr 1, 2021
D-PAMary Gay ScanlonOriginalApr 1, 2021
D-PAMatt CartwrightOriginalApr 1, 2021
D-PAMichael F. DoyleOriginalApr 1, 2021
D-CAMike LevinOriginalApr 1, 2021
D-CAMike ThompsonOriginalApr 1, 2021
D-NJMikie SherrillOriginalApr 1, 2021
D-CANanette Diaz BarragánOriginalApr 1, 2021
D-CANorma J. TorresOriginalApr 1, 2021
D-NYPaul TonkoOriginalApr 1, 2021
D-VTPeter WelchOriginalApr 1, 2021
D-WAPramila JayapalOriginalApr 1, 2021
D-ILRaja KrishnamoorthiOriginalApr 1, 2021
D-MIRashida TlaibOriginalApr 1, 2021
D-AZRaúl M. GrijalvaOriginalApr 1, 2021
D-CARo KhannaOriginalApr 1, 2021
D-ILRobin L. KellyOriginalApr 1, 2021
D-AZRuben GallegoOriginalApr 1, 2021
D-CASalud O. CarbajalOriginalApr 1, 2021
D-GASanford D. Bishop, Jr.OriginalApr 1, 2021
D-CAScott H. PetersOriginalApr 1, 2021
D-NYSean Patrick MaloneyOriginalApr 1, 2021
D-MASeth MoultonOriginalApr 1, 2021
D-VIStacey E. PlaskettOriginalApr 1, 2021
D-MAStephen F. LynchOriginalApr 1, 2021
D-TNSteve CohenOriginalApr 1, 2021
D-NVSteven HorsfordOriginalApr 1, 2021
D-WASuzan K. DelBeneOriginalApr 1, 2021
D-ORSuzanne BonamiciOriginalApr 1, 2021
D-TXSylvia R. GarciaOriginalApr 1, 2021
D-ALTerri A. SewellOriginalApr 1, 2021
D-FLTheodore E. DeutchOriginalApr 1, 2021
D-NYThomas R. SuozziOriginalApr 1, 2021
D-OHTim RyanOriginalApr 1, 2021
D-CATony CárdenasOriginalApr 1, 2021
D-FLVal Butler DemingsOriginalApr 1, 2021
D-TXVeronica EscobarOriginalApr 1, 2021
D-TXVicente GonzalezOriginalApr 1, 2021
D-MAWilliam R. KeatingOriginalApr 1, 2021
D-NYYvette D. ClarkeOriginalApr 1, 2021
D-CAZoe LofgrenOriginalApr 1, 2021
D-PAChrissy HoulahanApr 14, 2021
D-CADoris O. MatsuiApr 14, 2021
D-ORPeter A. DeFazioApr 14, 2021
D-MNDean PhillipsApr 28, 2021
D-VAGerald E. ConnollyApr 28, 2021
D-ILMarie NewmanApr 28, 2021
D-CAMark TakanoApr 28, 2021
D-NCDeborah K. RossMay 11, 2021
D-VAJennifer WextonMay 11, 2021
D-TNJim CooperMay 11, 2021
D-KYJohn A. YarmuthMay 11, 2021
D-NCKathy E. ManningMay 11, 2021
D-WAMarilyn StricklandMay 11, 2021
D-NYNydia M. VelázquezMay 11, 2021
D-NMTeresa Leger FernandezMay 11, 2021
D-CAEric SwalwellJun 1, 2021
D-GAHenry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.Jun 1, 2021
D-NYJamaal BowmanJun 1, 2021
D-NYJoseph D. MorelleJun 1, 2021
D-GUMichael F. Q. San NicolasJun 1, 2021
D-GANikema WilliamsJun 1, 2021
D-NYAlexandria Ocasio-CortezJun 23, 2021
D-ILCheri BustosJun 23, 2021
D-NJFrank Pallone, Jr.Jun 23, 2021
D-FLFrederica S. WilsonJun 23, 2021
D-NCG. K. ButterfieldJun 23, 2021
D-HIKaiali'i KaheleJun 23, 2021
D-ORKurt SchraderJun 23, 2021
D-ILLauren UnderwoodJun 23, 2021
D-TXLizzie FletcherJun 23, 2021
D-CARaul RuizJun 23, 2021
D-MOEmanuel CleaverJul 21, 2021
D-MDJohn P. SarbanesJul 21, 2021
D-CAPete AguilarJul 21, 2021
D-CTRosa L. DeLauroJul 21, 2021
D-LATroy A. CarterJul 21, 2021
D-TXLloyd DoggettAug 3, 2021
D-NJTom MalinowskiSep 17, 2021
D-MNAngie CraigSep 30, 2021
D-FLLois FrankelOct 19, 2021
D-AZTom O'HalleranOct 19, 2021
D-NCDavid E. PriceNov 9, 2021
D-CAKaren BassNov 9, 2021
D-COJason CrowNov 18, 2021
D-PASusan WildNov 30, 2021
D-ILSean CastenDec 7, 2021
D-GADavid ScottFeb 18, 2022
D-NYMondaire JonesMar 1, 2022
D-NYKathleen M. RiceJun 13, 2022
D-VAA. Donald McEachinJun 14, 2022
D-MDKweisi MfumeSep 28, 2022

Committees 1

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

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseWays and Means Committee
Referred Apr 1, 2021
Social Security Subcommittee
Referred Apr 1, 2021

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Apr 1, 2021Introduced in House
  2. Apr 1, 2021Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
  3. Apr 1, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.

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.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
HouseDebate and remarks H4874John B. Larson D-CTMay 12, 2022

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: 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 Congressional Record, vol. 167, no. 59, April 1, 2021, page H1708.

CRS reports 2

Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.

Cite it 2

Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.

ProductTitleKindPublished
R49058The Social Security Fairness Act of 2023: Background, Impact, and IssuesReportAug 3, 2026
R47183The Social Security StatementReportJul 18, 2022

Related bills 2

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

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 4260Public Servants Protection and Fairness Act of 2023Reintroduced BillDec 17, 2024
HR 4540Public Servants Protection and Fairness ActReintroduction ofSep 27, 2019

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 provide an equitable Social Security formula for individuals with noncovered employment and to provide relief for individuals currently affected by the Windfall Elimination Provision.
Short Title(s) as Introduced
Public Servants Protection and Fairness Act of 2021

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Apr 1, 2021Introduced in House

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