Removing Barriers to Work for Disabled Americans Act

The vote on the amendment offered by Mr. Larson to the amendment in the nature of a substitute to H.R. 8884, which under this amendment: no demonstration program can result in people's benefits being lower than current law; no demonstration program can be used to deny eligibility to applicants who would be approved for SSDI under current law; the Social Security Administration must notify the public about any planned demonstrations and must provide the same opportunities for public comment as under the Administrative Procedures Act; and current law that administrative costs for any demonstration would come out of the disability trust fund and not SSA customer service funding is retained. The amendment was not agreed to by a roll call vote of 18 yeas to 23 nays (with a quorum being present). The vote was as follows:

H.R. 8884 was ordered favorably reported to the House of Representatives as amended by a roll call vote of 27 yeas to 16 nays (with a quorum being present). The vote was as follows: