Removing Barriers to Work for Disabled Americans Act

This Act may be cited as the “Removing Barriers to Work for Disabled Americans Act”.

(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 (42 U.S.C. 434(c)) 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 such 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 amendments.— Section 234 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 434) is further amended—

(1) in subsection (d)(1), by striking “subsection” and inserting “section”; and

(2) by striking subsection (f).

(f) Effective date.— The amendments made by this section shall take effect on January 1, 2027.