Social Security must tell disabled workers about job-testing program
H.R. 7253 — Ticket to Work Advertisement Act · Filed by J. Hill (R-AR) · 11 cosponsors · Introduced Jan 27, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
This bill requires the Social Security Administration to inform disabled beneficiaries about the Ticket to Work program—a federal initiative that allows disabled people to test their ability to work without immediately losing benefits—at least once per year and then every six months thereafter. The bill mandates active outreach rather than passive availability of information.
Why we flagged it
The bill's sole operative mechanism is a requirement that SSA affirmatively disseminate information about an existing voluntary program to a defined population. It is a transparency and access measure, not a substantive policy change to the program itself.
What the text implies
- Mandatory outreach may increase participation in Ticket to Work, which could modestly increase SSA administrative costs for program management and tracking, though the bill does not appropriate funds for this.
- Disabled beneficiaries who were previously unaware of the program may gain employment and reduce reliance on benefits, potentially lowering long-term SSA expenditures, though outcomes depend on individual circumstances.
- The 6-month dissemination cycle creates an ongoing administrative obligation; the bill does not specify the medium (mail, email, online portal) or detail, leaving implementation discretion to SSA.
Section numbers refer to the bill text the analysis read — linked under Primary records below.
Who it affects
Disabled beneficiaries gain access to information about a voluntary work-incentive program that allows them to test employment without losing benefits. Mandatory outreach removes an information barrier that may prevent eligible individuals from knowing the program exists, expanding their agency and economic opportunity.
Named in the bill
Social Security Administration, Commissioner of Social Security, Disabled beneficiaries, Ticket to Work program
Where it stands
11 cosponsors: 6 Democrats, 5 Republicans.
- Jan 27, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Jan 27, 2026 — Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means · Congress.gov: “Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Money around this bill
1 lobbying clients named this bill on 1 disclosure filings across 1 quarter, Jun 2026 to Jun 2026. Those filings disclosed $50,000 in lobbying spend. A filing names 14 bills on average, so that figure is what each filing reported, not a share belonging to this bill.
More lobbying clients named this bill than 0% of bills with at least one filing.
J. Hill, the sponsor, reported $1,621,189 in PAC receipts in the 2026 cycle.
- National Organization of Social Security Claimants' Representatives — $50,000 on 1 filing
Lobbying Disclosure Act filings through Jul 9, 2026. A filing shows who paid to lobby on a bill it names, not what changed.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (479 characters) on Nov 2, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 16,927 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
Money — Senate Lobbying Disclosure Act filings whose specific-issue field names this bill for quarters ending Jun 2026 to Jun 2026. A filing's amount is reported whole beside the median number of bills a filing names; it is never divided across them. PAC receipts are FEC-reported contributions to the sponsor's candidate committee in the 2026 cycle.
As of — lobbying records through Jul 9, 2026 · page rendered 2026-11-02.
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