Over the years, multiple bills were introduced to amend or repeal the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and the Government Pension Offset (GPO). None have successfully passed both chambers of Congress—until now.
In December 2024, Congress repealed the WEP and GPO, and in January 2025, President Biden signed it into law with the Social Security Fairness Act.
This solidifies decades of bipartisan efforts to remove these provisions and restore full Social Security benefits to an estimated 2.8 million government workers affected.