Bill extends disability work programs through 2031 with income protection.

What it does

The bill lets the Social Security Administration run work-incentive projects until 2031. These projects test new ways for disabled workers to earn money. Workers keep their benefits while they work. The bill gives SSA more time to approve rule changes. Projects must measure how well they work. Workers' total income will not drop from joining.

Who it affects

Disabled workers can join more projects that help them work. The Social Security Administration runs these projects.

One thing to notice

The bill adds a new rule: projects cannot reduce a worker's total income. This safeguard was not in the old law.

From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.

Where it stands

1 cosponsor: 1 Republicans.

• May 19, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
• May 19, 2026 — Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means and Senate Committee on Finance · Congress.gov: “Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means”
• May 21, 2026 — Markup held in committee · Congress.gov: “Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held”
• May 21, 2026 — Reported out of committee · Congress.gov: “Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 27 - 16”
• Jul 23, 2026 — Passed the House · Congress.gov: “On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 232 - 188 (Roll no. 283).”

Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.

Money around this bill

1 groups reported lobbying about this bill. They filed 1 reports from Jun 2026 to Jun 2026.

Those reports show $50,000 in lobbying spending. Each report lists about 24 bills. So that money was not all for this bill.

More groups named this bill than 0% of bills with any report.

Austin Scott, who sponsored the bill, received $734,000 from PACs for the 2026 election.

• Arc of the United States — $50,000 in 1 report

Lobbying is legal. These reports show who lobbied about this bill, not what changed.

Words to know

• Social Security Administration — The federal agency that manages disability benefits and retirement payments.
• work-incentive — A rule or program that lets workers earn money while still getting benefits.
• lobbying — Trying to influence lawmakers about a bill. Companies and groups pay people to do this.
• PACs — Groups that collect money and give it to candidates for office.
• sponsored — To sponsor a bill is to introduce it in Congress and put your name on it.