Promoting Opportunity through Informed Choice Act

Bill: 114-hr-1795
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Johnson, Sam [R-TX-3]
Introduced: 2015-04-15
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Disability assistance

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Social security and elderly assistance

Wages and earnings
Latest action: action_date: 2015-04-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-04-15
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Promoting Opportunity through Informed Choice Act</b></p> <p>Directs the Commissioner of Social Security to make on-line tools publicly available through the Social Security Administration website to allow all individuals eligible for disability and Supplemental Security Income benefits under titles II (Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) and XVI of the Social Security Act to assess the impact of earnings on their eligibility for, and amount of, benefits received through federal and state benefit programs.</p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1795 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 15, 2015 Mr. Sam Johnson of Texas (for himself, Mr. Young of Indiana , Mrs. Black , Mr. Reed , Mr. Boustany , Mr. Renacci , Mr. Marchant , and Mr. Kelly of Pennsylvania ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means A BILL To require the Commissioner of Social Security to make publicly available on-line tools to allow individuals eligible for disability benefits to assess the impact of earnings on the individual’s eligibility for, and amount of, benefits received through Federal and State benefit programs.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Promoting Opportunity through Informed Choice Act . 2. Online benefit assessment tools Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Commissioner of Social Security shall make publicly available through the website of the Social Security Administration on-line tools to allow all individuals eligible for benefits based on disability under titles II and XVI of the Social Security Act to assess the impact of earnings on the individual’s eligibility for, and amount of, benefits received through Federal and State benefit programs.