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, 2020, and are paid unemployment compensa-
tion for any week ending on or after January 1, 2020. 
SEC. 106. ELIMINATION OF RECONSIDERATION REVIEW AP-
PLICATION STAGES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 205(b) of the Social Secu-
rity Act (42 U.S.C. 405(b)) is amended— 
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(1) in paragraph (1), by adding at the end the 
following new sentence: ‘‘Opportunity for a hearing 
under this title in accordance with this subsection 
with respect to any initial decision or determination 
under this title shall be available without any re-
quirement for intervening reconsideration.’’; 
(2) by striking paragraph (2); 
(3) by redesignating paragraph (3) as para-
graph (2); and 
(4) in paragraph (2) (as so redesignated), by 
striking ‘‘or an adverse determination on reconsider-
ation of such an initial determination’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Title II of such 
Act (42 U.S.C. 401 et seq.), as amended by subsection 
(a), is further amended— 
(1) in section 201(j), by striking ‘‘reconsider-
ation interviews and’’; and 
(2) in section 221(i)(3)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘reconsideration of such 
initial termination or’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘reconsideration or’’ before 
‘‘hearing’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply with respect to any initial deter-
mination of entitlement to a benefit under title II of the 
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Social Security Act made on or after the date that is one 
year after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 107. REPORT ON HIRING NEW ADMINISTRATIVE LAW 
JUDGES AND STAFF. 
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Commissioner of Social Security 
shall submit to Congress a report that includes an esti-
mate of the number of new administrative law judges and 
support staff that the Commissioner determines would be 
necessary to make a final decision on the entitlement of 
each individual for a disability insurance benefit under 
title II of the Social Security Act not later than 6 months 
after the date on which such individual applies for such 
benefits. 
TITLE II—ELIGIBILITY 
SEC. 201. UPDATING OF MEDICAL-VOCATIONAL GUIDE-
LINES. 
As soon as possible after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Commissioner of Social Security shall pre-
scribe rules and regulations that update the medical-voca-
tional guidelines, as set forth in appendix 2 to subpart 
P of part 404 of title 20, Code of Federal Regulations, 
used in disability determinations, including full consider-
ation of removing non-medical factors no longer relevant 
due to new employment opportunities made possible by ad-
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vances in treatment, rehabilitation, and technology and 
full consideration of the effect of prevalent languages on 
education. 
SEC. 202. REVIEW OF SOCIAL MEDIA ACTIVITY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 205(b)(1) of the Social 
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 405(b)(1)), as amended by sec-
tion 110(a), is further amended by inserting after the sec-
ond sentence the following: ‘‘In making any initial deter-
mination of disability under this title, the Commissioner 
of Social Security shall consider any relevant evidence 
from social media of which the Commissioner is made 
aware prior to issuing a decision involving such determina-
tion.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall apply with respect to applications for 
disability insurance benefits filed on or after January 1, 
2020. 
SEC. 203. UPDATING DATA ON WORK WHICH EXISTS IN NA-
TIONAL ECONOMY. 
Not later than 5 years after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, and every year thereafter, the Commis-
sioner of Social Security shall— 
(1) update the data used by the Commissioner 
to determine the jobs which exist in the national 
economy 
(within 
the 
meaning 
of 
section 
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223(d)(2)(A) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
423(d)(2)(A))), to ensure that such data reflects the 
full range of work which exists in the national econ-
omy, including newly-created jobs in emerging indus-
tries; and 
(2) submit to Congress a report describing each 
such update. 
TITLE III—CONTINUING 
DISABILITY REVIEWS 
SEC. 301. STUDY ON IMPACT OF MEDICAL REVIEW STAND-
ARD. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Commissioner of Social Secu-
rity shall conduct a study with respect to a large number 
of beneficiaries— 
(1) to determine whether the Social Security 
Administration would consider such beneficiaries to 
be disabled using the Initial Disability Standard 
rather than the Medical Improvement Review Stand-
ard (MIRS) during continuing disability reviews; 
and 
(2) to analyze the cause of any difference of re-
sult between the two standards. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Commissioner of Social 
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