117 S4597 IS: Removing Access Barriers to Running for Elected Office for People with Disabilities Act U.S. Senate 2022-07-21 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.

II117th CONGRESS2d SessionS. 4597IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATESJuly 21, 2022Mr. Casey (for himself, Ms. Duckworth, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Booker, Mr. Padilla, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Wyden, and Ms. Hirono) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on FinanceA BILLTo allow individuals with disabilities to campaign for elected office without losing access to federally supported benefits.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Removing Access Barriers to Running for Elected Office for People with Disabilities Act.

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Disregarding campaign work performed by individuals with disabilities for purposes of Federally supported benefits

(a)

In general

Any campaign work performed by a qualified individual, and any compensation received by such individual for such work, shall be disregarded for the purpose of determining such individual's eligibility for, and amount of, benefits or assistance under any Federal program or under any State or local program financed in whole or in part with Federal funds.(b)

Definitions

In this section:(1)

Campaign work

The term campaign work means work performed by an individual as a candidate for an elected Federal, State, or local office.(2)

Qualified individual

The term qualified individual means an individual who is entitled to a benefit under title II or XVI of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 401 et seq., 1381 et seq.) by reason of a disability.