Full Text of HR0146 099th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 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
| 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
| 10 | | WHEREAS, The Government Pension Offset was enacted in 1977 | 11 | | and the Windfall Elimination Provision was enacted in 1983; and | 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 | 16 | | WHEREAS, An affected public employee loses an average of | 17 | | $3,000 per year because of the Government Pension Offset; and | 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 | 6 | | WHEREAS, These provisions discriminate against teachers, | 7 | | police, firefighters, social workers, and other civil | 8 | | servants; and | 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 | 13 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 14 | | NINETY-NINTH 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
| 18 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 19 | | delivered to the President pro tempore of the U.S. Senate, the | 20 | | Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, and each member | 21 | | of the Illinois Congressional delegation.
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