3 1 of any reduction under this subsection which would otherwise 2 be applicable) shall be reduced (before the application of sec 3 tion 224) to the smaller of 4 5 6 7 8 9 "(A) 80 percent of such individual's average indexed monthly earnings (or 100 percent of his primary insurance amount, if larger), or "(B) 150 percent of such individual's primary insurance amount.". (b)(1) Section 203(a)(2)(D) of such Act is amended by 10 striking out "paragraph (7)" and inserting in lieu thereof 11 "paragraph (8)”. 12 (2) Section 203(a)(8) of such Act, as redesignated by 13 subsection (a)(2) of this section, is amended by striking out 14 “paragraph (6)" and inserting in lieu thereof "paragraph 15 (7)". 16 (3) Section 215(i)(2)(A)(ii)(III) of such Act is amended 17 by striking out "section 203(a) (6) and (7)” and inserting in 18 lieu thereof "section 203(a) (7) and (8)”. 19 (4) Section 215(i)(2)(D) of such Act is amended by 20 adding at the end thereof the following new sentence: "Not21 withstanding the preceding sentence, such revision of maxi22 mum family benefits shall be subject to paragraph (6) of sec23 tion 203(a) (as added by section 2(a)(3) of the Disability In24 surance Amendments of 1979).". 2 Sec. 9. Information to accompany Secretary's decisions as to claimant's rights. Sec. 11. Limitation on court remands. Sec. 12. Time limitations for decisions on benefit claims. Sec. 13. Vocational rehabilitation services for disabled individuals. Sec. 14. Continued payment of benefits to individuals under vocational rehabilitation plans. Sec. 15. Payment for existing medical evidence. Sec. 16. Payment of certain travel expenses. Sec. 17. Periodic review of disability determinations. LIMITATION ON TOTAL FAMILY BENEFITS IN DISABILITY 1 2 CASES 3 SEC. 2. (a) Section 203(a) of the Social Security Act is 4 amended 5 6 བ 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 (1) by striking out "except as provided by paragraph (3)" in paragraph (1) (in the matter preceding subparagraph (A)) and inserting in lieu thereof "except as provided by paragraphs (3) and (6)"; (2) by redesignating paragraphs (6), (7), and (8) as paragraphs (7), (8), and (9), respectively; and (3) by inserting after paragraph (5) the following new paragraph: “(6) Notwithstanding any of the preceding provisions of 14 this subsection other than paragraphs (3)(A), (3)(C), and (5) 15 (but subject to section 215(i)(2)(A)(ii)), the total monthly 16 benefits to which beneficiaries may be entitled under sections 17 202 and 223 for any month on the basis of the wages and 18 self-employment income of an individual entitled to disability 19 insurance benefits (whether or not such total benefits are oth20 erwise subject to reduction under this subsection but in lieu 5 1 vidual's primary insurance amount after his attainment of age 2 65 or any subsequent eligibility for disability insurance bene3 fits unless prior to the month in which he attains such age or 4 becomes so eligible there occurs a period of at least 12 con5 secutive months for which he was not entitled to a disability 6 insurance benefit. If an individual described in clause (ii) is 7 determined in accordance with regulations of the Secretary to 8 have been responsible for providing (and to have provided) 9 the principal care of a child (of such individual or his or her 10 spouse) under the age of 6 throughout more than 6 full 11 months in any calendar year which is included in such indi12 vidual's elapsed years, but which is not disregarded pursuant 13 to clause (ii) or to subparagraph (B) (in determining such indi14 vidual's benefit computation years) by reason of the reduction 15 in the number of such individual's elapsed years under clause 16 (ii), the number by which such elapsed years are reduced 17 under this subparagraph pursuant to clause (ii) shall be in18 creased by one (up to a combined total not exceeding 5) for 19 each such calendar year; except that (1) no calendar year 20 shall be disregarded by reason of this sentence (in determin21 ing such individual's benefit computation years) unless the 22 individual provided such care throughout more than 6 full 23 months in such year, (II) the particular calendar years to be 24 disregarded under this sentence (in determining such benefit 25 computation years) shall be those years (not otherwise disre 6 1 garded under clause (ii)) for which the total of such individ2 ual's wages and self-employment income, after adjustment 3 under paragraph (3), is the smallest, and (III) this sentence 4 shall apply only to the extent that its application would result 5 in a higher primary insurance amount. The number of an 6 individual's benefit computation years as determined under 7 this subparagraph shall in no case be less than 2.". 8 (b) Section 223(a)(2) of such Act is amended by insert9 ing "and section 215(b)(2)(A)(ii)" after "section 202(q)" in 10 the first sentence. 11 (c) The amendments made by this section shall apply 12 only with respect to monthly benefits payable on the basis of 13 the wages and self-employment income of an individual 14 whose initial entitlement to disability insurance benefits (with 15 respect to the period of disability involved) begins on or after 16 January 1, 1980; except that the third sentence of section 17 215(b)(2)(A) of the Social Security Act (as added by such 18 amendments) shall apply only with respect to monthly bene19 fits payable for months after December 1980. 20 21 WORK INCENTIVE-SGA DEMONSTRATION PROJECT SEC. 4. (a) The Commissioner of Social Security shall 22 develop and carry out experiments and demonstration proj23 ects designed to determine the relative advantages and disad24 vantages of various alternative methods of treating the work 25 activity of disabled beneficiaries under the old-age, survivors, 7 1 and disability insurance program, including such methods as 2 a reduction in benefits based on earnings, designed to encour3 age the return to work of disabled beneficiaries to the end 4 that savings will accrue to the Trust Funds. 5 (b) The experiments and demonstration projects devel6 oped under subsection (a) shall be of sufficient scope and shall 7 be carried out on a wide enough scale to permit a thorough 8 evaluation of the alternative methods under consideration 9 while giving assurance that the results derived from the ex10 periments and projects will obtain generally in the operation 11 of the disability insurance program without committing such 12 program to the adoption of any prospective system either lo13 cally or nationally. 14 (c) In the case of any experiment or demonstration proj15 ect under subsection (a), the Secretary may waive compliance 16 with the benefit requirements of titles II and XVIII of the 17 Social Security Act insofar as is necessary for a thorough 18 evaluation of the alternative methods under consideration. No 19 such experiment or project shall be actually placed in oper20 ation unless at least ninety days prior thereto a written 21 report, prepared for purposes of notification and information 22 only and containing a full and complete description thereof, 23 has been transmitted by the Commissioner of Social Security 24 to the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Rep25 resentatives and to the Committee on Finance of the Senate. |