Neal Reintroduces Legislation to Improve Public Employees’ Retirement Security, Fix Social Security WEP Provision
Article Excerpt: "...Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) reintroduced his legislation, the Public Servants Protection and Fairness Act of 2023, to fix the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP). The bill provides meaningful relief to current WEP retirees and fixes the WEP for future retirees, ensuring public servants can retire with the security, dignity, and peace of mind they deserve: “The WEP negatively affects 2 million retired public servants across the country, including almost 90,000 in Massachusetts, and our firefighters, teachers, and police officers deserve relief,” said Ranking Member Neal. “The Public Servants Protection and Fairness Act garnered broad bipartisan support in the 117th Congress because public employees not miss out on the Social Security benefits they earned over decades of hard work. With this legislation, these valued members of our communities will have greater retirement security and peace of mind.”..."
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