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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 |
| 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
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| 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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