Bill Text: TX SCR27 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Urging Congress to Repeal the Windfall Elimination Provision.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-16 - Referred to Finance [SCR27 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SCR27-Introduced.html
By: Creighton | S.C.R. No. 27 | |
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WHEREAS, The Windfall Elimination Provision was enacted in | ||
1983 to equalize the earned Social Security benefits of workers who | ||
spend part of their careers in exempt public service and workers who | ||
spend their entire careers participating in social security; and | ||
WHEREAS, The Windfall Elimination Provision reduces the | ||
Social Security benefits of public servants who have received a | ||
pension that is not subject to Social Security taxes, including | ||
thousands of teachers in Texas as well as the spouses and children | ||
of these public servants; and | ||
WHEREAS, The flawed application of the Windfall Elimination | ||
Provision diminishes Texans' retirement security and fails to | ||
recognize their rightfully earned Social Security and public | ||
pension benefits; and | ||
WHEREAS, For years, the United States Congress has failed to | ||
act to remove this detriment to many citizens of Texas, including | ||
teachers; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the Senate of the 88th Texas Legislature | ||
hereby respectfully urge the United States Congress to take swift | ||
action to replace the Windfall Elimination Provision with a more | ||
fair and just formula that accurately reflects the contributions of | ||
all American workers to the Social Security system; and, be it | ||
further | ||
RESOLVED, That the secretary of the Senate forward official | ||
copies of this resolution to the president of the United States, to | ||
the president of the Senate and the speaker of the House of | ||
Representatives of the United States Congress, and to all the | ||
remembers of the Texas delegation to Congress with the request that | ||
this resolution be entered in the Congressional Record as a | ||
memorial to the Congress of the United States of America. |