— CALL TO ACTION — 

Tell Congress to pass H.R. 82/S. 597
The "Social Security Fairness Act"

The “Social Security Fairness Act” would repeal both the “Windfall Elimination Provision” and the “Government Pension Offset” in current Social Security law. In the House, H.R. 82 was introduced by Representatives Garret Graves (R-LA) and Abigail Spanberger (D-VA). In the Senate, S. 597 was introduced by Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Susan Collins (R-ME).

The repeal of the Windfall Elimination (WEP) and the Government Pension Offset (GPO) has been a top legislative priority for the FOP since 1997.  In this Congress, we have historically high support for both the House and the Senate bills.

At this time, we are focused on bringing H.R. 82 to the House floor using a procedure called a discharge petition.  A discharge petition is a legislative mechanism to move legislation directly to the floor provided the petition—an actual document--is physically signed by 218 Members of the House.  Members can begin signing this petition on 10 September—one day after the House returns to session.  We are asking that ALL FOP members use this Action Center to send an email to their House member asking them to sign Discharge Petition #16, which will bring H.R. 82 to the floor!

 This effort will not succeed without YOU, so please send this message to your Representative and follow up with phone calls.  Unless we act NOW, we will miss this opportunity to pass the Social Security Fairness Act in the House.

To learn more about the legislation, please click here.