H.R. 1332: Social Security Fairness Act of 2011
Before you vote › Federal bills
H.R. 1332: Social Security Fairness Act of 2011
112th Congress · introduced 2011-04-01 · Social Welfare · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
federal
Follow this bill, step by step
- Where it came from: introduced 2011-04-01 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. McKeon, Howard P. "Buck" [R-CA-25] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
- If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.
Official title
Social Security Fairness Act of 2011
Plain summary
Social Security Fairness Act of 2011 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to repeal the government pension offset requirement applicable to and reducing husband's and wife's insurance benefits, widow's and widower's insurance benefits, and divorced mother's and divorced father's insurance benefits with respect to federal, state, or local government employees who receive a government pension and did not pay Social Security taxes during their years of government service, and so did not earn entitlement to Social Security benefits for those years. Repeals also the windfall elimination requirement with respect to computation of an individual's primary insurance amount under which OASDI retirement or disability benefits are reduced if the individual receives a federal, state, or local government pension, did not pay Social Security taxes during the years of government service, and so did not earn entitlement to Social Security benefits for those years.
Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.
What a vote does
A “Yea” vote
If it passes both chambers and is signed, it becomes law.
A “Nay” vote
If it is not passed, current law stays as it is.
PSI Sci description of the legislative step (not an opinion).
What does this mean? (plain words)
Official text
Social Security Fairness Act of 2011
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
AI explanation – may be wrong, check the official text
No AI explanation yet. It takes up to a minute to write and is then saved for everyone.
Limited to a few requests an hour per person.
The strongest published arguments
Arguments for (supporters)
Needs sources: no published arguments on this side yet. We only show items backed by a published source. Suggest one.
Arguments against (opponents)
Needs sources: no published arguments on this side yet. We only show items backed by a published source. Suggest one.
Alternatives
Needs sources: no published alternatives yet (for example a different bill, a law instead of an amendment, or keeping current law). We only show items backed by a published source. Suggest one.
How did my representative vote? · This bill's floor votes
Officials and money
Sponsor: Rep. McKeon, Howard P. "Buck" [R-CA-25] · 170 cosponsors
Cost estimate: No cost estimate published yet.
Cosponsors on this site
Ben Ray Luján (D-NM), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Linda T. Sánchez (D-CA), Joe Courtney (D-CT), John B. Larson (D-CT), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Michael T. McCaul (R-TX), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), William R. Keating (D-MA), Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), Joe Wilson (R-SC), Adam B. Schiff (D-CA), Rick Larsen (D-WA), Maxine Waters (D-CA), Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Ken Calvert (R-CA) and 110 more.
No linked floor roll calls in our collected records yet. This does not mean the bill has never had a vote. Check the official bill history.
Words on this page, explained (1)
- Securities
- Financial investments that can be bought and sold, such as stocks and bonds.
Plain meanings written from linked sources. All words.
Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-112hr1332.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/112/hr>
Record fed-us-cong112-hr1332 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong112 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong112