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Message: <blockquote data-quote="FRISKY" data-source="post: 4390351" data-attributes="member: 35298">Prez signed it. Last updated January 6, 2025The Social Security Fairness Act, HR 82, concerning the Windfall Elimination Provision and Government Pension Offset, was signed into law on January 5, 2025. Upon implementation, the Social Security Fairness Act eliminates the reduction of Social Security benefits while entitled to public pensions from work not covered by Social Security. The Social Security Administration is evaluating how to implement the Act. We will provide more information as soon as available.[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.ssa.gov/benefits/retirement/social-security-fairness-act.html[/URL]***************************************************President Signs H.R. 82, the “Social Security Fairness Act of 2023”On January 5, 2025, the President signed into law <a href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/82" target="_blank">H.R. 82</a>, the Social Security Fairness Act of 2023. The law repeals the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and Government Pension Offset (GPO) provision, both of which could reduce Social Security benefits when someone received a pension based on work that was not covered by Social Security. The law applies with respect to benefits payable for months after December 2023. (WEP and GPO continue to apply to benefits payable for months before January 2024.)[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.ssa.gov/legislation/legis_bulletin_010624.html[/URL]</blockquote>

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