[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1197 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1197

    To require the Commissioner of Social Security to make publicly 
 available on-line tools to allow individuals eligible for disability 
     benefits to assess the impact of earnings on the individual's 
 eligibility for, and amount of, benefits received through Federal and 
                        State benefit programs.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 5, 2015

   Mr. Hatch introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
                  referred to the Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
    To require the Commissioner of Social Security to make publicly 
 available on-line tools to allow individuals eligible for disability 
     benefits to assess the impact of earnings on the individual's 
 eligibility for, and amount of, benefits received through Federal and 
                        State benefit programs.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Promoting Opportunity through 
Informed Choice Act''.

SEC. 2. ONLINE BENEFIT ASSESSMENT TOOLS.

    Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the Commissioner of Social Security shall make publicly available 
through the website of the Social Security Administration on-line tools 
to allow all individuals eligible for benefits based on disability 
under titles II and XVI of the Social Security Act to assess the impact 
of earnings on the individual's eligibility for, and amount of, 
benefits received through Federal and State benefit programs.
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