Removing Barriers to Work for Disabled Americans Act

Sponsor: Austin Scott (Republican-GA)May 19, 2026

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Extends disability work programs and protects participants' income

This bill would extend programs that help disabled Americans try out work without losing their benefits. It would also make sure that people who join these programs would not see their total income drop. These changes would take effect starting January 1, 2027.

What Would Change

Current law ended disability insurance demonstration projects on December 31, 2021, and the authority to run them on December 31, 2022. Waiver authority also expired on December 30, 2021, with a 90-day notice period. This bill would extend these projects and the authority to run them until December 31, 2030, and December 31, 2031, respectively. It would also extend waiver authority to December 31, 2030, increase the waiver notice period to 120 days, and add a protection that participants' total income would not be reduced.

Key Provisions

Extends the deadline for disability insurance work programs until December 31, 2030.
Ensures that people participating in these programs would not have their total income reduced.
Extends the power for the Social Security Administration to temporarily set aside certain benefit rules for these projects until December 31, 2030.
Requires the Social Security Administration to give 120 days' notice (up from 90 days) before temporarily setting aside benefit rules for these projects.
Requires new project proposals to include how they will measure their success.

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Removing Barriers to Work for Disabled Americans Act

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