Federal Managers Association

Press Release

• FEDERAL MANAGERS ASSOCIATION APPLAUDS HOUSE PASSAGE OF GPO/WEP REPEAL - November 12, 2024

• Alexandria, VA – On Tuesday, November 12, the House of Representatives passed the Social Security Fairness Act (H.R. 82), FMA-endorsed legislation that would repeal the Government Pension Offset (GPO) and the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP). The bipartisan legislation, sponsored by Representatives Garret Graves (R-LA) and Abigail Spanberger (D-VA), passed by a vote of 327-75. FMA National President Craig Carter made the following comments on passage in the House:

  “On behalf of the managers and supervisors currently serving or retired from the federal government, and whose interests are represented by the Federal Managers Association (FMA), we applaud the House of Representatives for voting to bring fairness to millions of Social Security beneficiaries. The resounding and momentous bipartisan vote on the House floor comes after decades of effort to repeal these odious provisions that callously reduce or eliminate Social Security benefits for millions of public servants and their beneficiaries.

  “This important bill is needed to prevent the unjust withholding of nearly $200 billion from these civil servants in the next ten years. It is difficult to put into words the tragedy of the benefits that have been earned but kept from these public servants dating back to the 1980s. We are grateful for the tireless work of Reps. Graves and Spanberger, and we are thrilled with their successful push in the House. We urge the Senate to consider this bill in the remaining days of the 118th Congress to provide this long-overdue relief for the public servants impacted by the GPO and WEP. It is time to retire these provisions to the dustbin of history for the good of all civil servants who have been deprived of what they’ve earned for far too long.”

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