Urges Congress to extend the Social Security Fairness Act. (BDR R-32)

- 83rd Session (2025)
Assembly Joint Resolution No. 6–Assemblymember Miller

FILE NUMBER..........
ASSEMBLY JOINT RESOLUTION—Urging Congress to extend
the Social Security Fairness Act.
WHEREAS, The Social Security Fairness Act was signed into law
on January 5, 2025, thereby repealing the Government Pension
Offset and the Windfall Elimination Provision; and
WHEREAS, The Social Security Fairness Act applies to monthly
Social Security benefits affected by the Government Pension Offset
and Windfall Elimination Provision from December 2023 forward;
and
WHEREAS, The repeal of the Government Pension Offset
restored benefits to an estimated 9 out of 10 public employees who
lost their entire spousal benefit under the Government Pension
Offset formula, regardless of whether such employee’s spouse paid
Social Security taxes; and
WHEREAS, The repeal of the Windfall Elimin ation Provision
stopped the reduction of Social Security benefits for employees who
have earned a federal, state or local government pension and who
have, at some point, been employed in jobs where the employees
were required to pay Social Security taxes a nd paid said taxes for
the period required to qualify for such benefits; and
WHEREAS, More than 2 million government employees and
retirees across the United States of America now benefit from the
repeal of the Government Pension Offset or the Windfall
Elimination Provision; and
WHEREAS, Up to 11.8 percent of Social Security beneficiaries in
Nevada affected by the Windfall Elimination Provision are expected
to receive an estimated increase to their duly earned Social Security
benefits of up to $558 per month; and
WHEREAS, Social Security benefit recipients affected by the
Government Pension Offset will receive an estimated increase to
their monthly Social Security benefits of between $700 and $1,190;
and
WHEREAS, Social Security benefit recipients are ex pected to
receive an estimated $4,320 in backdated payments of benefits for
the months of January 2024 to December 2024 alone; now,
therefore, be it
RESOLVED BY THE ASSEMBLY AND SENATE OF THE STATE OF
NEVADA, JOINTLY, That the Nevada Legislature hereby urges
Congress to enact legislation to extend the Social Security Fairness
Act to apply from the month of December 2013 forward and for the

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President of the United States to sign that legislation into law ; and
be it further
RESOLVED, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly prepare and
transmit a copy of this resolution to the President of the United
States, the Vice President of the United States as the presiding
officer of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives
and each member of the Nevada Congressional Delegation; and be it
further
RESOLVED, That this resolution becomes effective upon
passage.

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