Bill Text: IL HR0076 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Urges the U.S. Congress to introduce and pass legislation that eliminates both the Government Pension Offset and the Windfall Elimination Provision.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-06-22 - Resolution Adopted [HR0076 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-HR0076-Introduced.html
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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, The Social Security Fairness Act of 2013 was | ||||||
3 | introduced into the U.S. House of Representatives on April 26, | ||||||
4 | 2013 as H.R. 1795 and into the U.S. Senate on May 8, 2013 as S. | ||||||
5 | 896; and
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6 | WHEREAS, The Social Security Fairness Act of 2013 was to | ||||||
7 | amend Title II of the Social Security Act to repeal the | ||||||
8 | Government Pension Offset and the Windfall Elimination | ||||||
9 | Provision; and
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10 | WHEREAS, The Government Pension Offset was enacted in 1977 | ||||||
11 | and the Windfall Elimination Provision was enacted in 1983; and
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12 | WHEREAS, The majority of public employees affected by the | ||||||
13 | Government Pension Offset lost their entire spousal benefit | ||||||
14 | despite the fact that their spouses paid Social Security | ||||||
15 | contributions for many years; and
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16 | WHEREAS, An affected public employee loses an average of | ||||||
17 | $3,000 per year because of the Government Pension Offset; and
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18 | WHEREAS, The Windfall Elimination Provision causes public | ||||||
19 | employees to lose up to 60% of the benefits that they earned; | ||||||
20 | and
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1 | WHEREAS, According to the Social Security Administration's | ||||||
2 | actuaries, the long-term cost of eliminating both of these | ||||||
3 | provisions is negligible while the loss of income to affected | ||||||
4 | employees caused by these provisions forces some civil servants | ||||||
5 | into poverty; and
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6 | WHEREAS, These provisions discriminate against teachers, | ||||||
7 | police, firefighters, social workers, and other civil | ||||||
8 | servants; and
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9 | WHEREAS, The State and national shortage of teachers, | ||||||
10 | police officers, and firefighters is exacerbated by these | ||||||
11 | provisions because they discourage people from entering and | ||||||
12 | staying in these professions; therefore, be it
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13 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
14 | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
15 | urge the U.S. Congress to introduce and pass legislation that | ||||||
16 | eliminates both the Government Pension Offset and the Windfall | ||||||
17 | Elimination Provision; and be it further
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18 | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | ||||||
19 | delivered to President Donald Trump, U.S. Senate Majority | ||||||
20 | Leader Mitch McConnell, U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck | ||||||
21 | Schumer, U.S. Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, U.S. House of |
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1 | Representatives Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, and all members | ||||||
2 | of the Illinois Congressional Delegation.
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