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On January 5, 2025, President Biden signed into law The Social Security Fairness Act, which repealed the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and the Government Pension Offset (GPO) provisions of Social Security. This law has a retroactive effective date of January 1, 2024, which means that the Social Security Administration (SSA) will be required to recalculate benefits for anyone impacted during 2024.

While this is not a Chapter 32 issue, between media coverage and the widespread impact of this development, it is bound to be an issue many of you have questions about. From our understanding, there is nothing for our members to do at this point. The SSA will need time to implement the changes in the law and process recalculations. Beyond general questions, it is best to direct your questions or inquiries to the local Social Security Office, which can be found by entering your zip code at this SSA website:  https://secure.ssa.gov/ICON/main.jsp.