WASHINGTON, July 23 -- The House Ways & Means Committee Chairman issued the following news release:
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Americans living with disabilities will face fewer barriers to employment thanks to legislation approved by the U.S. House of Representatives. The Removing Barriers to Work for Disabled Americans Act (H.R. 8884), passed by a bipartisan majority, renews the Social Security Administration's (SSA) authority to test drive new approaches to connecting Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) beneficiaries to work. Under the legislation, the SSA will conduct demonstration projects to discern what changes in program rules would make it easier for SSDI beneficiaries to join or rejoin the workforce. The SSA's previous authority ...