Removing Barriers to Work for Disabled Americans Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8884 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8884

      To amend title II of the Social Security Act to reauthorize
     demonstration authority for the disability insurance program.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 19, 2026

 Mr. Austin Scott of Georgia introduced the following bill; which was
              referred to the Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL

      To amend title II of the Social Security Act to reauthorize
     demonstration authority for the disability insurance program.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Removing Barriers to Work for
Disabled Americans Act''.

SEC. 2. TEMPORARY REAUTHORIZATION OF DISABILITY INSURANCE DEMONSTRATION
              PROJECT AUTHORITY.

    (a) Termination Date.--Section 234(d)(2) of the Social Security Act
(42 U.S.C. 434(d)(2)) is amended by striking ``December 31, 2021, and
the authority to carry out such projects shall terminate on December
31, 2022'' and inserting ``December 31, 2030, and the authority to
carry out such projects shall terminate on December 31, 2031''.
    (b) Authority To Waive Compliance With Benefits Requirements.--
Section 234(c) of such Act is amended--
            (1) by striking ``December 30, 2021'' and inserting
        ``December 31, 2030'';
            (2) by striking ``90 days'' and inserting ``120 days''; and
            (3) by inserting after ``the expected annual and total
        costs,'' the following: ``evaluation metrics to be used with
        respect to the experiment or demonstration project,''.
    (c) Expenditure.--Section 201(k) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 401(k)) is
amended to read as follows:
    ``(k) Administrative expenditures for experiments and demonstration
projects under section 234 shall be paid from funds made available for
the administration of this title. Benefits payable to or on behalf of
individuals by reason of participation in experiments and demonstration
projects under section 234 shall be made from the Federal Old-Age and
Survivors Insurance Trust Fund or the Federal Disability Insurance
Trust Fund, as determined appropriate by the Commissioner of Social
Security.''.
    (d) Limitation.--Section 234(e) of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 434(e)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (2), by striking the ``and'' at the end;
            (2) in paragraph (3), by striking the period at the end and
        inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(4) that the total income of an individual will not be
        reduced due to the individual's participation in an experiment
        or demonstration project.''.
    (e) Technical Amendment.--Section 234 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 434)
is further amended by striking subsection (f).
    (f) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take
effect on January 1, 2027.
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