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In 2024, HR 82, the Social Security Fairness Act—repealing the WEP—passed both houses of Congress, and was signed by President Joe Biden on January 5, 2025. [11] According to the Congressional Research Service, approximately 2.1 million people were affected by the WEP as of December 2023.
The WEP impacts about 2 million Social Security beneficiaries and the GPO nearly 800,000 retirees. Various forms of the measure have been introduced over the years, but like many legislative ...
The Senate approved the bill by a vote of 70-26 at 12:15 a.m. It was passed by the House in November and now goes to the president's desk to be signed. More: Will you take Social Security in 2025 ...
The Social Security Fairness Act is a United States law that repealed the Social Security Government Pension Offset and Windfall Elimination Provision. [1] The bill passed the House in November 2024 and then passed the Senate in December. [2] It was signed into law by President Biden on January 5, 2025. [3]
A new bill on its way to President Biden's desk will boost the Social Security benefits ... The bill gets rid of the Windfall Elimination Provision, which “reduces benefits for retired or ...
The Government Pension Offset (GPO) was a statutory provision in United States law which affected benefits paid by the Social Security Administration. It was repealed by the Social Security Fairness Act of 2023 (H.R. 82), which President Biden signed on January 5, 2025.
The Windfall Elimination Provision affects people who qualify for Social Security benefits through their job but also receive a pension from another job where they didn't pay into Social Security.
President Joe Biden signed a bill Sunday that boosts Social Security benefits for millions of public sector workers in what the White House described as the first expansion of such benefits in 20 ...