NARFE Chapter 1518, Kaimuki

Chartered 1976 (click link to view charter)

Updates on the Social Security Fairness Act, H.R. 82

Act was signed into law today, Jan 5 2025.

Questions related to the milestones/dates related to the dkstribution and amount to be paid to those affected by the WEP and/or GPO penalities should be directed to Social Security Administration (SSA).  Visit the SSA.org website for details.

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Published in FedHub, Dec 22, 2024

A Win for BiPartisanship in Congress

Since 1982, public workers receiving non-SSA government pensions who work other jobs covered by Social Security, do not receive their full SSA benefits upon retirement due to the Windfall Elimination Penalty.  Spouses who draw non-SSA government pensions do not receive their full SSA spousal benefits due to the Government Pension Offset Penalty.   Impacted are state and local workers including firemen, policemen and teachers and federal and Postal Service employees hired before 1984.    For over 40 years, NARFE tirelessly helped lead the fight to repeal these penalties.  Finally, the House and Senate passed the Social Security Fairness Act HR 82 and S597, respectively,  which repeal both penalties.   Now President Biden needs to sign them into law.   Corrected SSA benefits are to be payable after December 31, 2023.   

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Joyce K Matsuo

Honolulu HI