,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #baif  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,june #bb1     
#bjbc ,mr4 ,wyden 7for himself1 ,mr4    
,cassidy1 ,mr4 ,sanders1 ,mr4 ,budd1    
,mr4 ,markey1 ,ms4 ,warren1 ,mr4        
,whitehouse1 ,mr4 ,merkley1 ,mrs4       
,murray1 and ,mr4 ,brown7 introduced the
 following bill2 which was read twice   
and referred to the ,committee on       
,finance  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend title    
,,ii of the ,social ,security ,act to   
eliminate work disincentives for        
childhood disability beneficiaries4  #a4
 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as
 the ,work ,without ,worry ,act4  #b4   
,elimination of work disincentive for   
childhood disability beneficiaries  7a7 
,in general ,section #bjb7;d7 of the    
,social ,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4   
#djb7;d77 is amended--  7#a7 in         
paragraph 7#a77;,b77ii71 by striking is 
under a disability 7as defined in       
section #bbc7;d77 which began before he 
attained the age of #bb1 and and        

inserting the following3 8is under a    
disability 7as defined in section       
#bbc7;d771 and--  7,i7 the physical or  
mental impairment 7or combination of    
impairments7 that is the basis for the  
finding of disability began before the  
child attained the age of #bb 7or is of 
such a type that can reasonably be      
presumed to have begun before the child 
attained the age of #bb1 as determined  
by the ,commissioner71 and  7,,ii7 the  
impairment or combination of impairments
 could have been the basis for a finding
 of disability 7without regard to       
whether the child was actually engaged  
in substantial gainful activity7 before 
the child attained age #bb1 and  2 and  
7#b7 by adding at the end the following 
new paragraphs3  7#aa7  7,a7 ,in the    
case of a child described in            
subparagraph 7,b77ii7 of paragraph 7#a7 
who-- 7i7 has not attained early        
retirement age 7as defined in section   
#baf7l77#b772  7ii7 has filed an        
application for child's insurance       

benefits2 and  7iii7 is insured for     
disability benefits 7as determined under
 section #bbc7;c77#a77 at the time of   
such filing2  such application shall be 
deemed to be an application for both    
child's insurance benefits under this   
subsection and disability insurance     
benefits under section #bbc4  7,b7 ,in  
the case of a child described in        
subparagraph 7,b77ii7 of paragraph 7#a7 
who-- 7i7 has attained early retirement 
age 7as defined in section #baf7l77#b772
  7ii7 has filed an application for     
child's insurance benefits2 and  7iii7  
is a fully insured individual 7as       
defined in section #bad7;a77 at the time
 of such filing2  such application shall
 be deemed to be an application for both
 child's insurance benefits under this  
subsection and old-age insurance        
benefits under section #bjb7;a74  7,c7  
,notwithstanding paragraph 7#a71 in the 
case of a child described in            
subparagraph 7,a7 or 7,b71 if1 at the   
time of filing an application for       

child's insurance benefits1 the amount  
of the monthly old-age or disability    
insurance benefit to which the child    
would be entitled is greater than the   
amount of the monthly child's insurance 
benefit to which the child would be     
entitled1 the child shall not be        
entitled to a child's insurance benefit 
based on such application4  7,d7 ,for   
purposes of subparagraph 7,c71 the      
amount of the monthly old-age or        
disability benefit to which the child   
would be entitled shall be determined-- 
7i7 without regard to the primary       
insurance amount calculation described  
in section #bae7;a77#g72 and  7ii7      
before application of section #bbd4     
7#ab7 ,for purposes of paragraph        
7#a77;,b77ii71 a child shall not be     
required to be continuously under a     
disability during the period between the
 date that the disability began and the 
date that the application for child's   
insurance benefits is filed4  4  7b7    
,effective date ,the amendments made by 

this section shall apply to applications
 filed on or after the date that is #bd 
months after the date of the enactment  
of this section4