Blind Empowerment Act of 2003

Never voted on. It didn't reach a floor vote before the 108th Congress ended, so it expired. A bill has to be introduced again to be considered in a new Congress.

TRR ReynoldsSponsor

180 cosponsors · 109 D, 70 R, 1 I

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0 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.

Blind Empowerment Act of 2003 - 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.