{"id":1851,"date":"2025-01-24T12:03:01","date_gmt":"2025-01-24T20:03:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/wa\/?page_id=1851"},"modified":"2025-08-16T13:58:18","modified_gmt":"2025-08-16T20:58:18","slug":"social-security-fairness-act-information","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/wa\/resources\/faqs\/social-security-fairness-act-information\/","title":{"rendered":"Social Security Fairness Act Information"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/460575669_921740466645593_252914223919865858_n-767x575.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/460575669_921740466645593_252914223919865858_n-767x575.jpg\" alt=\"House members with NARFE staff celebrating passage of HR 82\" width=\"767\" height=\"575\"><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">House members with NARFE staff celebrating passage of HR 82<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/blog\/2025\/01\/05\/narfe-applauds-historic-repeal-of-wep-gpo-with-the-signing-of-the-social-security-fairness-act\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Social Security Fairness Act (H.R. 82) was signed by President Biden on January 5, 2025.<\/a> It eliminates the offset of WEP (\u201cWindfall Elimination Provision\u201d) and GPO (\u201cGovernment Pension Offset\u201d) and allows retirees, spouses and survivors to qualify for Social Security benefits without any offset due to a Non-Covered Pension (for example, CSRS).\u00a0This change in the law does not affect most FERS retirees and spouses.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Log in to <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ssa.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ssa.gov<\/a><\/strong> and verify your contact and bank information is current<\/li>\n<li>Mike Teefy, Vancouver Chapter 0131 (SSA retired) info<br>\n(Thank you, Mike!)\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/wa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/08\/2025-08-06-Teefy-HR82_part2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Social Security Fairness Act Information white paper<\/strong><\/a> (09\/2025)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/wa\/resources\/faq-frequently-asked-questions\/social-security-fairness-act-information\/hr82-update-may-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>File SSA 561 to protect FULL back-pay<\/strong><\/a> to Jan 2024 (not just 6 months)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>NARFE<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/blog\/2025\/01\/05\/narfe-applauds-historic-repeal-of-wep-gpo-with-the-signing-of-the-social-security-fairness-act\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NARFE official statement on the passage of H.R. 82<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/advocacy\/social-security-fairness-act-frequently-asked-questions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Social Security Fairness Act: Frequently Asked Questions<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/blog\/2025\/02\/25\/retroactive-payments-to-begin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WEP\/GPO Repeal FAQ Updates: Retroactive Payments to Begin<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"gmail_default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/blog\/2025\/05\/20\/narfe-urges-ssa-to-extend-retroactivity-for-wep-gpo-repeal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>NARFE Urges SSA to Extend Retroactivity for WEP\/GPO Repeal <\/strong>(5\/20\/2025)<\/a><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssa.gov\/benefits\/retirement\/social-security-fairness-act.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Social Security Fairness Act FAQ<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>(SSA.gov)\n<ul>\n<li>New updates as of 4\/15\/25. Includes new information, including what to do if you had your Part B premiums deducted from your CSRS check and how to deal with that.<\/li>\n<li>Note from Mike Teefy: <em>I am telling everyone to send a copy of your SSA Award which shows that your Part B\u00a0 premiums will now be deducted from your SSA check and included a signed letter from you to OPM PO BX 45 Boyers PA 16017\u00a0 requesting that they stop withholding Part B premiums from your CSRS check and include your SSA award letter with your name, SSN, SCRS number, telephone and address.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Links and additional information about HR 82<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":169,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"kp-content-permissions":[],"class_list":["post-1851","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1851","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1851"}],"version-history":[{"count":27,"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1851\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2252,"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1851\/revisions\/2252"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/169"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"kp-content-permissions","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kp-content-permissions?post=1851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}