,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #didg  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,july #ac1     
#bjbf,mr4 ,schmitt 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 reauthorize   
demonstration authority for the         
disability insurance program4  #a4      
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,removing ,barriers to ,work for    
,disabled ,americans ,act4  #b4         
,temporary reauthorization of disability
 insurance demonstration project        
authority  7a7 ,termination date        
,section #bcd7;d77#b7 of the ,social    
,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4           
#dcd7;d77#b77 is amended by striking    
,december #ca1 #bjba1 and the authority 
to carry out such projects shall        
terminate on ,december #ca1 #bjbb and   
inserting ,december #ca1 #bjcj1 and the 
authority to carry out such projects    
shall terminate on ,december #ca1 #bjca4

  7b7 ,authority ,to waive compliance   
with benefits requirements ,section     
#bcd7;c7 of such ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4    
#dcd7;c77 is amended--  7#a7 by striking
 ,december #cj1 #bjba and inserting     
,december #ca1 #bjcj2  7#b7 by striking 
#ij days and inserting #abj days2 and   
7#c7 by inserting after the expected    
annual and total costs1 the following3  
evaluation metrics to be used with      
respect to the experiment or            
demonstration project14  7c7            
,expenditure ,section #bja7k7 of such   
,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #dja7k77 is amended 
to read as follows3  7k7 ,administrative
 expenditures for experiments and       
demonstration projects under section    
#bcd shall be paid from funds made      
available for the administration of this
 title4 ,benefits payable to or on      
behalf of individuals by reason of      
participation in experiments and        
demonstration projects under section    
#bcd shall be made from the ,federal    
,old-,age and ,survivors ,insurance     

,trust ,fund or the ,federal ,disability
 ,insurance ,trust ,fund1 as determined 
appropriate by the ,commissioner of     
,social ,security4  4  7d7 ,limitation  
,section #bcd7;e7 of such ,act 7#db     
,u4,s4,c4 #dcd7;e77 is amended-- 7#a7 in
 paragraph 7#b71 by striking the and at 
the end2  7#b7 in paragraph 7#c71 by    
striking the period at the end and      
inserting 2 and2 and  7#c7 by adding at 
the end the following3  7#d7 that the   
total income of an individual will not  
be reduced due to the individual's      
participation in an experiment or       
demonstration project4  4  7e7          
,technical amendments ,section #bcd of  
such ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #dcd7 is       
further amended-- 7#a7 in subsection    
7d77#a71 by striking subsection and     
inserting section2 and  7#b7 by striking
 subsection 7f74  7f7 ,effective date   
,the amendments made by this section    
shall take effect on ,january #a1 #bjbg4