,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #dccd  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,april #af     
7legislative day1 ,april #ad71 #bjbf,mr4
 ,sullivan 7for himself and ,mr4        
,whitehouse7 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 require the           
,commissioner of ,social ,security to   
carry out a demonstration project       
relating to disability benefits of blind
 individuals4  #a4 ,short title ,this   
,act may be cited as the ,blind         
,americans ,return to ,work ,act of     
#bjbf4  #b4 ,demonstration project for  
blind ,americans ,title ,,ii of the     
,social ,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4   
#dja et seq47 is amended by adding at   
the end the following3  #bce4           
,demonstration project for blind        
,americans  7a7 ,in general ,for a      
#bj-year period beginning not later than
 #ahj days after the date of enactment  

of this section1 the ,commissioner shall
 carry out the demonstration project    
described in subsection 7b74  7b7       
,benefit offset  7#a7 ,in general ,the  
demonstration project described in this 
subsection is a project under which     
benefits under section #bbc are modified
 pursuant to paragraph 7#b7 for         
individuals-- 7,a7 who are entitled to a
 benefit under #bbc7;a77#a7 for a month 
during the #abj-month period beginning  
with the first month of the #bj-year    
period described in subsection 7a72 and 
7,b7 whose disability is by reason of   
blindness 7as defined in section        
#baf7;i77#a774  7#b7 ,modification ,for 
purposes of paragraph 7#a71 the benefit 
under section #bbc of an individual     
described in paragraph 7#a7 is modified 
as follows3 7,a7 ,in determining        
eligibility for such benefit1 a         
determination of whether the individual 
is disabled under section               
#bbc7;d77#a77;,b7 shall be made without 
respect to substantial gainful activity4

  7,b7 ,any benefit payable to the      
individual for a month 7other than a    
benefit payable for any month prior to  
the first month beginning after the date
 on which the individual's entitlement  
to such benefit is determined7 shall be 
reduced1 except such benefit may not be 
reduced below #j1 by #a for every #b by 
which the individual's earnings derived 
from services paid during such month    
exceeds the sum of-- 7i7 the exempt     
amount described in section             
#bbc7;d77#d77;,a72 and  7ii7 an amount  
equal to the individual's expenses      
reasonably attributable to the earning  
of any income for such month4  7,c7     
,entitlement to any such benefit shall  
not terminate due to earnings derived   
from services4  7,d7 ,the period of     
trial work described in section #bbb7;c7
 shall not apply4  7,e7 ,the provisions 
related to the termination month in     
subsection 7a77#a7 of section #bbc shall
 not apply4  7c7 ,authority ,to waive   
compliance with certain requirements ,in

 carrying out the demonstration project 
under this section1 the ,commissioner   
may waive compliance with the benefit   
requirements of this title and the      
requirements of section #aadh as they   
relate to the programs established under
 this title1 insofar as necessary to    
carry out the demonstration project4    
7d7 ,opt out ,after the #abj-month      
period described in subsection          
7b77#a77;,a71 an individual described in
 such subsection may opt out of the     
demonstration project4  4