(135th General Assembly)
(Substitute House Concurrent Resolution Number 6)
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
To urge Congress to repeal the Windfall Elimination Provision and the
Government Pension Offset.
Be it resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of Ohio (the Senate concurring):
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 receive a pension for public service that was not subject to Social Security taxes;
and
WHEREAS, The Windfall Elimination Provision's flawed practical application diminishes
nearly 150,000 Ohioans' retirement security and fails to recognize their rightfully earned Social
Security and public pension benefits; and
WHEREAS, The Government Pension Offset reduces the Social Security spousal or survivor
benefit paid to an individual's spouse who receives a government pension based on the spouse's own
public employment not covered by Social Security; and
WHEREAS, The Government Pension Offset reduces an individual's Social Security spousal
or survivor benefit by two-thirds of the individual's own government pension, leaving many without
adequate retirement income; and
WHEREAS, It is estimated that the Government Pension Offset affects and undermines the
financial security of more than 100,000 Ohioans; and
WHEREAS, There are 1.7 million participants in Ohio's public retirement systems and over
450,000 beneficiaries and recipients; and
WHEREAS, Members of the 118th United States Congress have introduced legislation to
repeal the Windfall Elimination Provision and the Government Pension Offset; now therefore be it
RESOLVED, That we, the members of the 135th General Assembly of the State of Ohio, in
adopting this resolution, urge the Congress of the United States to repeal the Windfall Elimination
Provision and the Government Pension Offset; and be it further
RESOLVED, That the Clerk of the House of Representatives transmit duly authenticated
copies of this resolution to the President Pro Tempore and Secretary of the United States Senate, the
Speaker and Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, the members of the Ohio
Congressional delegation, and the news media of Ohio.
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Speaker __________________ of the House of Representatives.
President __________________ of the Senate.
Adopted _____________________, 20____