Removing Barriers to Work for Disabled Americans Act

Sponsor: Eric Schmitt (Republican-MO)July 13, 2026

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Extends programs helping disabled Americans try working without losing benefits.

This bill would restart and continue special programs. These programs help disabled Americans try working without losing their Social Security disability benefits. They ended in 2022 but would now run until 2030. This would give more people a chance to work and make sure their total income is protected.

What Would Change

Today, the Social Security Administration cannot run new disability insurance work programs or waive benefit rules for them, as this authority ended on December 31, 2022, and December 30, 2021, respectively. This bill would restart and extend this authority until December 31, 2031, allowing new projects to run and ensuring participants' total income is protected, starting January 1, 2027.

Key Provisions

Extends the ability to run disability insurance work programs until December 31, 2031.
Lets the Social Security Administration temporarily adjust benefit rules for these programs until December 31, 2030.
Requires that people in these work programs would not have their total income reduced.
Requires the Social Security Administration to tell Congress 120 days in advance about new projects, including how they will be measured.
Clarifies that benefits for participants would be paid from the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund or the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund.

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Removing Barriers to Work for Disabled Americans Act

What Would Change

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