{"format":1,"id":"119-hr-8884","congress":119,"number":"H.R. 8884","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"Removing Barriers to Work for Disabled Americans Act","title_source":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","official_title":"To amend title II of the Social Security Act to reauthorize demonstration authority for the disability insurance program.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"To amend title II of the Social Security Act to reauthorize demonstration authority for the disability insurance program."},{"type":"Display Title","title":"Removing Barriers to Work for Disabled Americans Act"},{"type":"Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text","title":"Removing Barriers to Work for Disabled Americans Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"Removing Barriers to Work for Disabled Americans Act"},{"type":"Official Title from EH (Engrossed in House) bill text","title":"To amend title II of the Social Security Act to reauthorize demonstration authority for the disability insurance program."},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Reported to House","title":"Removing Barriers to Work for Disabled Americans Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"Removing Barriers to Work for Disabled Americans Act"}],"outcome":"passed_house","law_number":null,"introduced":"2026-05-19","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2026-07-23","vote":{"id":"119-2026-h283","question":"On Passage","title":"Removing Barriers to Work for Disabled Americans Act","result":"Passed","yea":232,"nay":188,"present":0,"not_voting":11,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2026/roll283.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"pending","date":null,"vote":null}},"president":{"status":"not_yet","date":null},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.","date":"2026-07-23"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[],"crs_summary":{"date":"2026-06-25","stage":"Reported to House","blocks":[{"k":"h","t":"Removing Barriers to Work for Disabled Americans Act"},{"k":"p","t":"This bill reauthorizes through 2031 the Social Security Administration’s (SSA’s) authority to carry out demonstration projects within the Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) program. The bill also imposes requirements related to beneficiary income, project funding, and SSA reporting."},{"k":"p","t":"SSDI demonstration projects must be designed to promote attachment to the workforce and generally involve temporary changes to SSDI policies tested on a subset of beneficiaries. Participation in a demonstration project must be voluntary. SSA’s authority to carry out these projects expired on December 31, 2022."},{"k":"p","t":"Under the bill, SSA must ensure that an individual’s participation in a demonstration project does not reduce their total income. Further, the bill specifies that administrative expenses related to demonstration projects must be paid from funds appropriated for administration."},{"k":"p","t":"Finally, the bill requires SSA to report to Congress 120 days before initiating a demonstration project. This is an increase from 90 days under current law. This advance notification must include evaluation metrics for the relevant project."}],"words":168},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Extends the Social Security Administration's authority to carry out disability insurance demonstration projects to December 31, 2031, and changes the notice, expense-payment and income requirements that apply to those projects.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/8884/text/eh#HA5790B088D2344C58D24937E0B9AD9CA"}]},"core_areas":["Disability insurance demonstration project authority","Payment of demonstration project expenses and benefits"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Replaces the December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2022 dates in the Social Security Act's demonstration project provision with December 31, 2030 and December 31, 2031, the latter being when the authority to carry out such projects terminates.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/8884/text/eh#HA5790B088D2344C58D24937E0B9AD9CA"}},{"text":"Changes a 90-day period to 120 days in the provision on waiving benefit requirements, and adds evaluation metrics for the experiment or demonstration project to the items that provision lists.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/8884/text/eh#HA5790B088D2344C58D24937E0B9AD9CA"}},{"text":"Provides that administrative expenses of demonstration projects are paid from funds made available for administering title II of the Social Security Act.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/8884/text/eh#HA5790B088D2344C58D24937E0B9AD9CA"}},{"text":"Provides that benefits payable because of participation in a demonstration project come from the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund or the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund, as the Commissioner of Social Security determines appropriate.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/8884/text/eh#HA5790B088D2344C58D24937E0B9AD9CA"}},{"text":"Adds a requirement that the total income of an individual will not be reduced due to the individual's participation in an experiment or demonstration project.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/8884/text/eh#HA5790B088D2344C58D24937E0B9AD9CA"}},{"text":"Makes these amendments take effect on January 1, 2027.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/8884/text/eh#HA5790B088D2344C58D24937E0B9AD9CA"}}],"unexpected":[],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2026-07-23","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/8884/text/eh"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-10-01","approved_by":"desk"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/8884","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/8884/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/119-hr-8884.png","v":"e057883629d0","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 8884, 119th Congress: Removing Barriers to Work for Disabled Americans Act. House: 232 Yea, 188 Nay. Senate: not yet considered. Outcome: Passed House, 23 Jul 2026."}}