Bill Text: TX HCR117 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced

Texas House Concurrent Resolution 117 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Urging the United States Congress to pass the Equal Treatment of Public Servants Act.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-05-08 - Referred to State & Federal Power & Responsibility, Select [HCR117 Detail]

Download: Texas-2015-HCR117-Introduced.html

	84R11664 RMA-D

	By: Martinez	H.C.R. No. 117



	CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
	WHEREAS, The Equal Treatment of Public Servants Act would
	ensure that public employees receive fair Social Security benefits
	after retiring; and
	WHEREAS, This bipartisan legislation would repeal the
	Windfall Elimination Provision which reduces the Social Security
	benefits of workers who also have employment not covered by Social
	Security, and replace that outdated and arbitrary formula with a
	calculation based on the overall Social Security contributions and
	work history of public employees, allowing them to receive
	retirement benefits commensurate to private-sector workers; and
	WHEREAS, The act would raise lifetime benefits for such
	workers as teachers, firefighters, and police officers by an
	estimated $20,000 to more than $32,400; moreover, it would not have
	an impact on Social Security trust funds; and
	WHEREAS, Each day, public servants improve the quality of
	life for their fellow citizens in innumerable ways, and they are
	indeed deserving of equal opportunity to enjoy a secure and
	comfortable retirement; now, therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas
	Legislature hereby respectfully urge the Congress of the United
	States to pass the Equal Treatment of Public Servants Act; and, be
	it further
	RESOLVED, That the Texas secretary of state forward official
	copies of this resolution to the president of the United States, to
	the speaker of the House of Representatives and the president of the
	Senate of the United States Congress, and to all members of the
	Texas delegation to Congress with the request that this resolution
	be officially entered in the Congressional Record as a memorial to
	the Congress of the United States of America.