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 113 STAT. 1902 PUBLIC LAW 106-170—DEC. 17, 1999 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS; TRANSFER OF PRIOR AUTHORITY. — (1) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. — (A) REPEAL OF PRIOR AUTHORITY. —Paragraphs (1) through (4) of subsection (a) and subsection (c) of section 505 of the Social Security Disability Amendments of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 1310 note) are repealed. (B) CONFORMING AMENDMENT REGARDING FUNDING. — Section 201(k) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 401(k)) is amended by striking "section 505(a) of the Social Security Disability Amendments of 1980" and inserting "section 234". 42 USC 1310 (2) TRANSFER OF PRIOR AUTHORITY.—With respect to any "ote. experiment or demonstration project being conducted under section 505(a) of the Social Security Disability Amendments of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 1310 note) as of the date of the enactment of this Act, the authority to conduct such experiment or demonstration project (including the terms and conditions applicable to the experiment or demonstration project) shall be treated as if that authority (and such terms and conditions) had been established under section 234 of the Social Security Act, as added by subsection (a). 42 USC 434 note. SEC. 302. DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS PROVIDING FOR REDUCTIONS IN DISABILITY INSURANCE BENEFITS BASED ON EARNINGS. (a) AUTHORITY.—The Commissioner of Social Security shall conduct demonstration projects for the purpose of evaluating, through the collection of data, a program for title II disability beneficiaries (as defined in section 1148(k)(3) of the Social Security Act) under which benefits payable under section 223 of such Act, or under section 202 of such Act based on the beneficiary's disability, are reduced by $1 for each $2 of the beneficiary's earnings that is above a level to be determined by the Commissioner. Such projects shall be conducted at a number of localities which the Commissioner shall determine is sufficient to adequately evaluate the appropriateness of national implementation of such a program. Such projects shall identify reductions in Federal expenditures that may result from the permanent implementation of such a program. (b) SCOPE AND SCALE AND MATTERS TO BE DETERMINED.— (1) IN GENERAL.— The demonstration projects developed under subsection (a) shall be of sufficient duration, shall be of sufficient scope, and shall be carried out on a wide enough scale to permit a thorough evaluation of the project to determine— (A) the effects, if any, of induced entry into the project and reduced exit from the project; (B) the extent, if any, to which the project being tested is affected by whether it is in operation in a locality within an area under the administration of the Ticket to Work and Self-Sufficiency Program established under section 1148 of the Social Security Act; and (C) the savings that accrue to the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund, the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund, and other Federal programs under the project being tested.

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