States Judges and any other law or regulation, the stricter 
standard of conduct shall apply. 
‘‘(d) Pursuant to section 7301, the President may 
issue such regulations as may be necessary to carry out 
subsections (b) and (c).’’. 
(b) LIMITATION ON REGULATORY AUTHORITY.—Sec-
tion 1305 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by 
striking ‘‘3105’’ and inserting ‘‘3105(a)’’. 
SEC. 103. COMPENSATION FOR CLAIMANT REPRESENTA-
TIVES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 206 of the Social Security 
Act (42 U.S.C. 406) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘REPRESENTATION OF CLAIMANTS 
‘‘SEC. 206. (a)(1) The Commissioner of Social Secu-
rity may prescribe rules and regulations governing the rec-
ognition of agents or other persons, other than attorneys 
as hereinafter provided, representing claimants before the 
Commissioner of Social Security, and may require of such 
agents or other persons, before being recognized as rep-
resentatives of claimants that they shall show that they 
are of good character and in good repute, possessed of 
the necessary qualifications to enable them to render such 
claimants valuable service, and otherwise competent to ad-
vise and assist such claimants in the presentation of their 
cases. An attorney in good standing who is admitted to 
practice before the highest court of the State, Territory, 
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District, or insular possession of his residence or before 
the Supreme Court of the United States or the inferior 
Federal courts, shall be entitled to represent claimants be-
fore the Commissioner of Social Security. 
‘‘(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the Commis-
sioner, after due notice and opportunity for hearing— 
‘‘(A) may refuse to recognize as a representa-
tive, and may disqualify a representative already rec-
ognized, any attorney who has been disbarred or 
suspended from any court or bar to which he or she 
was previously admitted to practice or who has been 
disqualified from participating in or appearing be-
fore any Federal program or agency, and 
‘‘(B) may refuse to recognize, and may dis-
qualify, as a non-attorney representative any attor-
ney who has been disbarred or suspended from any 
court or bar to which he or she was previously ad-
mitted to practice. 
‘‘(3) The Commissioner of Social Security may, after 
due notice and opportunity for hearing, suspend or pro-
hibit from further practice before the Commissioner any 
such person, agent, or attorney who refuses to comply with 
the Commissioner’s rules and regulations. 
‘‘(b) In prescribing the rules and regulations de-
scribed in subsection (a), the Commissioner of Social Se-
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curity may not prescribe any rules or regulations regard-
ing the permissible fees which may be charged for services 
performed in connection with any claim before the Com-
missioner of Social Security under this title or title XVI. 
In no case shall the Commissioner certify any amount for 
payment to any representative out of any benefits payable 
to a claimant under this title or title XVI.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO TITLE XVI.— 
Section 1631(d)(2) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1383(d)(2)) is amended— 
(1) by amending subparagraph (A) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(A) The provisions of section 206 shall apply to this 
part to the same extent as they apply in the case of title 
II.’’; and 
(2) by redesignating subparagraph (D) as sub-
paragraph (B). 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply with respect to applications for 
benefits filed on or after January 1, 2020. 
SEC. 104. MINIMUM MONTHLY WITHHOLDING TO RECOVER 
OVERPAYMENTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 204(a)(1) of the Social 
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 404(a)(1)) is amended— 
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(1) by redesignating subparagraph (A) as 
clause (i) of subparagraph (A); 
(2) in subparagraph (A)(i) (as so redesignated), 
by striking ‘‘With’’ and inserting ‘‘Subject to clause 
(ii), with’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(ii) If the Commissioner determines that 
withholding the full amount of a monthly dis-
ability insurance benefit payment to which an 
individual is otherwise entitled under this title 
to recover an overpayment pursuant to this sec-
tion would defeat the purpose of this title, the 
Commissioner may withhold from such payment 
an amount that is less than such full amount 
but not less than 10 percent of such full 
amount.’’. 
(b) REGULATIONS.—The Commissioner of Social Se-
curity shall prescribe such regulations and make any con-
forming changes to regulations as the Commissioner de-
termines appropriate to carry out the amendments made 
by this subsection. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this subsection shall apply with respect to overpayments 
made on or after January 1, 2020. 
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SEC. 105. DISQUALIFICATION ON RECEIPT OF DISABILITY 
INSURANCE BENEFITS IN A MONTH FOR 
WHICH UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION IS 
RECEIVED. 
(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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