Biden estimated the bill should lead to an average monthly increase of $360 for certain public employees and their spouses and survivors. The outgoing president said more than 2.5 million Americans will receive a lump sum payment worth "thousands of dollars" to compensate for the benefits they should have received last year.

President Joe Biden has signed into law a measure that boosts Social Security payments for current and former public employees

The Social Security Fairness Act boosted payments for millions of Americans, but with the higher checks could come tax burdens.