Urges Congress and President enact "Social Security Fairness Act."

This Assembly Resolution (AR 145) urges Congress and the President to pass the "Social Security Fairness Act," which would repeal two federal rules affecting Social Security benefits. Specifically, it seeks to eliminate the Government Pension Offset (GPO) and Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP), which reduce or eliminate Social Security benefits for public employees - like police, firefighters, and some local government workers - who also receive government pensions (e.g., from New Jersey’s Police and Firemen’s Retirement System). These rules currently prevent affected retirees in New Jersey from collecting full Social Security benefits they earned through payroll taxes, with 4,126 NJ retirees impacted by GPO and 22,689 by WEP. The resolution does not create new law but formally requests federal action to address these provisions.