# 119-s-4947: Removing Barriers to Work for Disabled Americans Act

119-s-4947, Removing Barriers to Work for Disabled Americans Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Schmitt, Eric [R-MO] (R-MO); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-07-24).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-4947
- Congress: 119
- Title: Removing Barriers to Work for Disabled Americans Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2026-07-13
- Sponsor: Sen. Schmitt, Eric [R-MO] (R-MO)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Social Welfare
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-07-24

## Summary

**This bill reauthorizes and modernizes Social Security's disability insurance demonstration authority by extending project timelines and adding rules to protect participant income and require evaluations.** - Disabled workers and beneficiaries: Stops experiments from reducing a participant's total income and lets more people join demonstration projects through new end dates in 2030 and 2031. - Social Security administration and funding: Clarifies that administrative costs come from Title II administration funds and that participant benefits are paid from the Old-Age and Survivors Insurance or Disability Insurance trust funds as the Commissioner decides. - Program design and oversight: Extends waiver windows from 90 days to 120 days, requires that each demonstration include specified evaluation metrics, and sets the changes to take effect on Jan 1, 2027.

## Provisions PRIA read

- More protection for disability participants: benefit, low. If enacted, this bill would extend the authority to run Social Security disability experiments and demonstrations through December 31, 2030 for projects and December 31, 2031 for the authority. It would extend waiver authority to December 31, 2030 and lengthen a required timeframe from 90 days to 1…

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## Sources
- [119-s-4947 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/4947)

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- [119-s-933: NASA Transition Authorization Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-933)
- [119-s-4952: Protecting American Taxpayers Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-4952)
- [119-s-4378: Protecting American Taxpayers Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-4378)
- [119-s-3903: Railway Safety Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3903)
- [119-s-5007: SEARCH Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5007)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-4947 (as of 2026-07-24).