I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4854 
To amend title II of the Social Security Act to update and improve eligibility 
criteria for the Social Security Disability Program, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 23, 2019 
Mr. YOHO introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and 
Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 
each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdic-
tion of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend title II of the Social Security Act to update 
and improve eligibility criteria for the Social Security 
Disability Program, 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 ‘‘Making DI Work For 
All Americans Act of 2019’’. 
SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
The table of contents for this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title. 
Sec. 2. Table of contents. 
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TITLE I—ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGES 
Sec. 101. Strengthening the administrative law judge quality review process. 
Sec. 102. Applying judicial code of conduct to administrative law judges. 
Sec. 103. Compensation for claimant representatives. 
Sec. 104. Minimum monthly withholding to recover overpayments. 
Sec. 105. Disqualification on receipt of disability insurance benefits in a month 
for which unemployment compensation is received. 
Sec. 106. Elimination of reconsideration review application stages. 
Sec. 107. Report on hiring new administrative law judges and staff. 
TITLE II—ELIGIBILITY 
Sec. 201. Updating of medical-vocational guidelines. 
Sec. 202. Review of social media activity. 
Sec. 203. Updating data on work which exists in national economy. 
TITLE III—CONTINUING DISABILITY REVIEWS 
Sec. 301. Study on impact of medical review standard. 
Sec. 302. Additional training relating to MIRS exceptions. 
Sec. 303. Increased frequency of continuing disability reviews. 
Sec. 304. Communication relating to termination of benefits. 
Sec. 305. Communication relating to reporting requirements. 
TITLE IV—BENEFITS 
Sec. 401. Establishment of annual poverty guideline based disability insurance 
benefits. 
Sec. 402. Retroactive payment of benefits. 
Sec. 403. Inclusion of unearned income in determination of substantial gainful 
activity. 
TITLE I—ADMINISTRATIVE 
CHANGES 
SEC. 101. STRENGTHENING THE ADMINISTRATIVE LAW 
JUDGE QUALITY REVIEW PROCESS. 
(a) REVIEW.—Not later than 1 year after the date 
of enactment of this Act and annually thereafter, the Divi-
sion of Quality of the Office of Appellate Operations of 
the Social Security Administration shall conduct a review 
of a sample of determinations that individuals are entitled 
to disability insurance benefits by outlier administrative 
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law judges and identify any determinations that are not 
supported by the evidence. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than December 1 of each 
year in which a review described in subsection (a) is con-
ducted, the Division of Quality Review of the Office of Ap-
pellate Operations of the Social Security Administration 
shall submit a report containing the results of such review, 
including all determinations that were found to be unsup-
ported by the evidence, together with any recommenda-
tions for administrative action or proposed legislation that 
the Division determines appropriate, to— 
(1) the Inspector General of the Social Security 
Administration; 
(2) the Commissioner of the Social Security Ad-
ministration; 
(3) the Committees on Ways and Means and 
Oversight and Reform of the House of Representa-
tives; and 
(4) the Committees on Finance and Homeland 
Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate. 
(c) DEFINITION OF OUTLIER ADMINISTRATIVE LAW 
JUDGE.—For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘outlier 
administrative law judge’’ means an administrative law 
judge within the Office of Disability Adjudication and Re-
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