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116TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 5576
To amend title II of the Social Security Act to prevent concurrent receipt
of unemployment benefits and Social Security disability insurance, and
for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 10, 2020
Mr. ARRINGTON (for himself, Mr. REED, Mr. RICE of South Carolina, Mr.
KELLY of Pennsylvania, and Mr. FERGUSON) introduced the following
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means
A BILL
To amend title II of the Social Security Act to prevent
concurrent receipt of unemployment benefits and Social
Security disability insurance, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Double Dip Elimi-
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nation Act’’.
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SEC. 2. DISQUALIFICATION ON RECEIPT OF DISABILITY IN-
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SURANCE BENEFITS IN A MONTH FOR WHICH
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UNEMPLOYMENT
COMPENSATION
IS
RE-
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CEIVED.
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(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 223(d)(4) of the Social
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Security Act (42 U.S.C. 423(d)(4)) is amended by adding
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at the end the following:
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‘‘(D)(i) If for any week ending within a month an
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individual is paid unemployment compensation, such indi-
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vidual shall be deemed to have engaged in substantial
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gainful activity for such month.
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‘‘(ii) For purposes of clause (i), the term ‘unemploy-
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ment compensation’ means—
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‘‘(I) ‘regular compensation’, ‘extended com-
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pensation’, and ‘additional compensation’ (as such
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terms are defined by section 205 of the Federal-
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State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act
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(26 U.S.C. 3304 note)); and
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‘‘(II) trade readjustment allowance under title
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II of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2251 et
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seq.).’’.
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(b) TRIAL WORK PERIOD.—Section 222(c) of the So-
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cial Security Act (42 U.S.C. 422(c)) is amended by adding
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at the end the following:
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‘‘(6)(A) For purposes of this subsection, an individual
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shall be deemed to have rendered services in a month if
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the individual is paid unemployment compensation for any
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week ending within such month.
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‘‘(B) For purposes of subparagraph (A), the term
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‘unemployment compensation’ means—
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‘‘(i) ‘regular compensation’, ‘extended com-
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pensation’, and ‘additional compensation’ (as such
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terms are defined by section 205 of the Federal-
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State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act
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(26 U.S.C. 3304 note)); and
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‘‘(ii) trade readjustment allowance under title II
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of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2251 et
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seq.).’’.
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(c) DATA MATCHING.—The Commissioner of Social
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Security shall implement the amendments made by this
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section using appropriate electronic data.
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(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
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this section shall apply with respect to individuals who ini-
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tially apply for disability insurance benefits on or after
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January 1, 2021, and are paid unemployment compensa-
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tion for any week ending on or after January 1, 2021.
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