,,ii  #aagth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #deig  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,july #ba1     
#bjbb,mr4 ,casey 7for himself1 ,ms4     
,duckworth1 ,ms4 ,klobuchar1 ,mr4       
,booker1 ,mr4 ,padilla1 ,mr4            
,blumenthal1 ,mr4 ,whitehouse1 ,mr4     
,wyden1 and ,ms4 ,hirono7 introduced the
 following bill2 which was read twice   
and referred to the ,committee on       
,finance  ,a ,,bill  ,to allow          
individuals with disabilities to        
campaign for elected office without     
losing access to federally supported    
benefits4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,removing ,access   
,barriers to ,running for ,elected      
,office for ,people with ,disabilities  
,act4  #b4 ,disregarding campaign work  
performed by individuals with           
disabilities for purposes of ,federally 
supported benefits  7a7 ,in general ,any
 campaign work performed by a qualified 
individual1 and any compensation        
received by such individual for such    

work1 shall be disregarded for the      
purpose of determining such individual's
 eligibility for1 and amount of1        
benefits or assistance under any        
,federal program or under any ,state or 
local program financed in whole or in   
part with ,federal funds4  7b7          
,definitions ,in this section3 7#a7     
,campaign work ,the term campaign work  
means work performed by an individual as
 a candidate for an elected ,federal1   
,state1 or local office4  7#b7          
,qualified individual ,the term         
qualified individual means an individual
 who is entitled to a benefit under     
title ,,ii or ,,xvi of the ,social      
,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #dja et   
seq41 #acha et seq47 by reason of a     
disability4