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CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
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WHEREAS, The Equal Treatment of Public Servants Act would |
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ensure that public employees receive fair Social Security benefits |
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after retiring; and |
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WHEREAS, This bipartisan legislation would repeal the |
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Windfall Elimination Provision which reduces the Social Security |
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benefits of workers who also have employment not covered by Social |
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Security, and replace that outdated and arbitrary formula with a |
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calculation based on the overall Social Security contributions and |
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work history of public employees, allowing them to receive |
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retirement benefits commensurate to private-sector workers; and |
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WHEREAS, The act would raise lifetime benefits for such |
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workers as teachers, firefighters, and police officers by an |
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estimated $20,000 to more than $32,400; moreover, it would not have |
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an impact on Social Security trust funds; and |
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WHEREAS, Each day, public servants improve the quality of |
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life for their fellow citizens in innumerable ways, and they are |
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indeed deserving of equal opportunity to enjoy a secure and |
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comfortable retirement; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas |
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Legislature hereby respectfully urge the Congress of the United |
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States to pass the Equal Treatment of Public Servants Act; and, be |
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it further |
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RESOLVED, That the Texas secretary of state forward official |
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copies of this resolution to the president of the United States, to |
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the speaker of the House of Representatives and the president of the |
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Senate of the United States Congress, and to all members of the |
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Texas delegation to Congress with the request that this resolution |
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be officially entered in the Congressional Record as a memorial to |
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the Congress of the United States of America. |