3.0.0 2962 2023-01-11T13:16:40Z 2023-01-11T13:16:40Z Senate S S 2010-01-28 111 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2010-01-28T18:05:03Z Blind Persons Return to Work Act of 2009 111 886 HR 2009-02-04 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. Related bill CRS 2010-01-28 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2010-01-28 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S343) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2010-01-28 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress D000388 Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT] CHRISTOPHER DODD D CT JOHN N M000303 Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ] JOHN MCCAIN R AZ SIDNEY 2010-01-28 True S000663 Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME] Olympia Snowe R ME J. 2010-02-04 False C000880 Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID] Mike Crapo R ID 2010-02-04 False B001266 Sen. Burris, Roland [D-IL] Roland Burris D IL 2010-02-26 False C000567 Sen. Cochran, Thad [R-MS] Thad Cochran R MS 2010-02-26 False C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2010-04-13 False L000035 Sen. Lincoln, Blanche L. [D-AR] BLANCHE LINCOLN D AR LAMBERT 2010-04-20 False M001153 Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] Lisa Murkowski R AK 2010-04-28 False Social Welfare Disability and paralysis Social security and elderly assistance Wages and earnings Social Welfare 00 2010-01-28 Introduced in Senate 2010-02-03T20:30:16Z Blind Persons Return to Work Act of 2010 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to: (1) apply a specified earnings test in the determination of the amount of monthly insurance benefits for blind beneficiaries; (2) limit to once a year any review of a determination of disability based on blindness; and (3) reduce any excess earnings of blind beneficiaries by the amount of impairment related work expenses.

Directs the Commissioner of Social Security, with respect to the mandatory annual report of earnings by an individual entitled to a monthly insurance benefit, to develop procedures to avoid paying less than the correct amount of benefits to any such individual as a result, during the year, of a termination of employment or a significant reduction in hours of work.


]]> Blind Persons Return to Work Act of 2010 Display Title Blind Persons Return to Work Act of 2010 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to apply an earnings test in determining the amount of monthly insurance benefits for individuals entitled to disability insurance benefits based on blindness. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Blind Persons Return to Work Act of 2010 Introduced in Senate 2010-01-28T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111s2962is/xml/BILLS-111s2962is.xml 2010-01-28 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.