[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 21 (Wednesday, March 2, 1994)]
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 PROTECTING THE INTEGRITY OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY INSURANCE 
                               TRUST FUND

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                        HON. ANDREW JACOBS, JR.

                               of indiana

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, March 2, 1994

  Mr. JACOBS. Mr. Speaker, today Mr. Bunning and I are introducing H.R. 
3935, the Social Security Continuing Disability Review Account Act of 
1994. This legislation would protect the integrity of the Social 
Security Disability Insurance Program by insuring that people who are 
no longer disabled are removed from the disability benefit rolls. To 
achieve this objective, it would authorize the Social Security 
Administration [SSA] to use a portion of the benefit savings it derives 
from conducting continuing disability reviews [CDR's] of disabled 
beneficiaries to perform more reviews. These benefit savings would be 
credited to a newly established CDR account in the disability insurance 
trust fund, which would operate as follows:
  No later than September 1 of each year, the Secretary of HHS would 
estimate the present value of DI trust fund savings for all future 
years resulting from cessation of benefit payments during the prior 
year based on CDR's. The Secretary would certify these savings to the 
managing trustee of the DI trust fund.
  Upon receiving the Secretary's certification, the managing trustee 
would transfer to the CDR account from amounts otherwise in the DI 
trust fund a portion of these estimated savings. This amount would vary 
depending on the CDR account balance but could not exceed 50 percent of 
estimated savings.
  No later than September 15 of each year, the Secretary would certify 
to the managing trustee the expenditures required to perform mandated 
CDR's during the coming fiscal year. These expenditures would include 
the cost of staffing, training, purchase of medical and other evidence, 
and processing related to appeals and overpayments.
  Upon commencement of the fiscal year, the managing trustee would make 
available to the Secretary from the CDR account, to the extent that 
funds are available, the amount that the Secretary certified as 
necessary to perform mandated CDR's during that year. These funds could 
then be used by the Social Security Administration to perform the 
required CDR's.

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