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117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3971 
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 
JUNE 17, 2021 
Mr. ARRINGTON (for himself, Mr. HERN, and Mr. RICE of South Carolina) 
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-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Double Dip Elimi-
nation Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. DISQUALIFICATION ON RECEIPT OF DISABILITY IN-
SURANCE BENEFITS IN A MONTH FOR WHICH 
UNEMPLOYMENT 
COMPENSATION 
IS 
RE-
CEIVED. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 223(d)(4) of the Social 
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 423(d)(4)) is amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
‘‘(D)(i) If for any week ending within a month an 
individual is paid unemployment compensation, such indi-
vidual shall be deemed to have engaged in substantial 
gainful activity for such month. 
‘‘(ii) For purposes of clause (i), the term ‘unemploy-
ment compensation’ means— 
‘‘(I) ‘regular compensation’, ‘extended com-
pensation’, and ‘additional compensation’ (as such 
terms are defined by section 205 of the Federal- 
State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act 
(26 U.S.C. 3304 note)); and 
‘‘(II) trade readjustment allowance under title 
II of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2251 et 
seq.).’’. 
(b) TRIAL WORK PERIOD.—Section 222(c) of the So-
cial Security Act (42 U.S.C. 422(c)) is amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
‘‘(6)(A) For purposes of this subsection, an individual 
shall be deemed to have rendered services in a month if 
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the individual is paid unemployment compensation for any 
week ending within such month. 
‘‘(B) For purposes of subparagraph (A), the term 
‘unemployment compensation’ means— 
‘‘(i) ‘regular compensation’, ‘extended com-
pensation’, and ‘additional compensation’ (as such 
terms are defined by section 205 of the Federal- 
State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act 
(26 U.S.C. 3304 note)); and 
‘‘(ii) trade readjustment allowance under title II 
of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2251 et 
seq.).’’. 
(c) DATA MATCHING.—The Commissioner of Social 
Security shall implement the amendments made by this 
section using appropriate electronic data. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply with respect to individuals who ini-
tially apply for disability insurance benefits on or after 
January 1, 2022, and are paid unemployment compensa-
tion for any week ending on or after January 1, 2022. 
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