S 2559
110th Congress
Senate
Social Welfare
Blind
Disability evaluation
Disabled
Earnings
Labor and Employment
Old age, survivors and disability insurance
Blind Persons Earnings Fairness Act of 2008
Introduced: January 25, 2008
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Everywhere this bill has been
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Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jan 25, 2008
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S331)
Jan 25, 2008
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S330-331)
Jan 25, 2008
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Blind Persons Earnings Fairness Act of 2008 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to increase, by specified increments over five years, the level of earnings demonstrating the ability of a blind person to engage in substantial gainful activity for purposes of determining disability insurance benefit payments.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S331)
Committees of jurisdiction
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