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POSITIVE Labor 118th Congress

H.R.82 Social Security Fairness Act

Social Security Fairness Act — repeals the Windfall Elimination Provision and Government Pension Offset, restoring full retirement benefits for teachers, firefighters, and public servants (118th Congress)

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Legal & Constitutional Grounding

Repeals WEP/GPO provisions that reduce earned Social Security benefits for 2.8M public servants.

42 U.S.C. § 415(a)(7) (WEP)
  • SSA — 42 U.S.C. § 415(a)(7) (Windfall Elimination Provision), official text

Social Security Fairness Act — eliminates WEP and GPO. These provisions disproportionately reduce retirement security for 2.1 million public sector workers (SSA data).