Tuesday, February 6, 2024
Week of action: Ask the House Ways & Means Committee to hold a markup on H.R. 82
This week, join NALC in a collective week of action asking the House Ways & Means Committee to schedule a markup on the Social Security Fairness Act (H.R. 82).
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H.R. 82 would repeal the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and the Government Pension Offset (GPO), which are parts of Social Security law that unfairly reduce or sometimes eliminate Social Security benefits of federal annuitants.
The bill has overwhelming bipartisan support with more than 300 cosponsors. Last November, a successful field hearing was held on repealing the WEP and GPO. There was enthusiastic support from legislators and witnesses for repealing these unjust Social Security penalties.
The next step to move H.R. 82 forward is for the Ways & Means Committee to schedule a markup on the bill. To keep up the momentum during this week of action, NALC is asking all letter carriers to ask their representative to tell the Ways & Means Committee to markup H.R. 82.
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