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111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3469 
To amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide that disability deter-
minations under such title on the basis of hearings by the Commissioner 
of Social Security are made on a timely basis and to require the Commis-
sioner to establish a program for monitoring each year the number 
of disability determinations which are in reconsideration. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 31, 2009 
Ms. CASTOR of Florida (for herself, Mr. BERMAN, Mr. BISHOP of New York, 
Mr. BOCCIERI, Ms. BORDALLO, Mr. BOREN, Mr. BOUCHER, Mr. BRADY 
of Pennsylvania, Ms. CORRINE BROWN of Florida, Mr. BUCHANAN, Mr. 
BURGESS, Mr. BUTTERFIELD, Mr. CARDOZA, Mr. CARNAHAN, Mr. CAR-
NEY, Mr. CHILDERS, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. CONNOLLY of Virginia, Mr. 
COSTELLO, Mrs. DAVIS of California, Mr. DELAHUNT, Ms. DELAURO, 
Mr. DONNELLY of Indiana, Ms. EDWARDS of Maryland, Mr. ELLISON, 
Mr. ETHERIDGE, Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA, Mr. FARR, Ms. FUDGE, Ms. GIF-
FORDS, Mr. GONZALEZ, Mr. GORDON of Tennessee, Mr. GRAYSON, Mr. 
GENE GREEN of Texas, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. GUTIERREZ, Mr. HARE, Mr. 
HILL, Mr. HINCHEY, Mr. HINOJOSA, Mr. HOLT, Mr. ISRAEL, Mr. JACK-
SON of Illinois, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Mr. KAGEN, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. 
KENNEDY, Ms. KILPATRICK of Michigan, Mr. KISSELL, Mr. KLEIN of 
Florida, Mr. LANGEVIN, Ms. LEE of California, Mrs. LOWEY, Mr. 
LYNCH, Mrs. MALONEY, Mr. MARKEY of Massachusetts, Mr. MASSA, Ms. 
MATSUI, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. MCHUGH, Mr. MCINTYRE, Mr. MEEK of 
Florida, Mr. MEEKS of New York, Mr. MICHAUD, Ms. MOORE of Wis-
consin, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. NYE, Mr. OLVER, Mr. ORTIZ, Mr. PAYNE, 
Mr. RAHALL, Mr. RODRIGUEZ, Mr. ROSS, Mr. ROTHMAN of New Jersey, 
Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, Mr. RUSH, Mr. SARBANES, 
Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, Mr. SIRES, Mr. SNYDER, Mr. 
SPACE, Ms. SUTTON, Mr. TAYLOR, Mr. THOMPSON of California, Mr. 
THOMPSON of Mississippi, Mr. WALZ, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Ms. 
WATSON, Mr. WEXLER, Mr. WILSON of Ohio, Mr. WU, and Mr. YOUNG 
of Florida) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Ways and Means 
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A BILL 
To amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide 
that disability determinations under such title on the 
basis of hearings by the Commissioner of Social Security 
are made on a timely basis and to require the Commis-
sioner to establish a program for monitoring each year 
the number of disability determinations which are in 
reconsideration. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Timely Due Process 
for People with Disabilities Act of 2009’’. 
SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF TIME FRAMES TO ENSURE 
TIMELY DISABILITY DETERMINATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 221(d) of such Act (42 
U.S.C. 421(d)) is amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ after ‘‘(d)’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(2) The Commissioner of Social Security shall en-
sure that— 
‘‘(A) the scheduling of the date for the hearing 
described in paragraph (1) occurs before the end of 
the period of 5 business days after the date of the 
request for the hearing; 
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