Bill Text: TX HCR117 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Urging the United States Congress to pass the Equal Treatment of Public Servants Act.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
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 |
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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Security, and replace that outdated and arbitrary formula with a | ||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. |