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 PUBLIC LAW 96-265—JUNE 9, 1980

94 STAT. 473

or recovered in accordance with section 16310)) shall be withheld from any subsequent payment to which such alien or such sponsor is entitled under any provision of this Act. "(f)(1) The provisions of this section shall not apply with respect to any individual who is an 'aged, blind, or disabled individual' for purposes of this title by reason of blindness (as determined under section 1614(a)(2)) or disability (as determined under section 1614(a)(3)), from and after the onset of the impairment, if such blindness or disabihty commenced after the date of such individual's admission into the United States for permanent residence. "(2) The provisions of this section shall not apply with respect to any alien who is— "(A) admitted to the United States as a result of the application, prior to April 1, 1980, of the provisions of section 203(a)(7) of the Immigration and Nationality Act; "(B) admitted to the United States as a result of the application, after March 31, 1980, of the provisions of section 207(c)(l) of such Act; "(C) paroled into the United States as a refugee under section 212(d)(5) of such Act; or "(D) granted political asylum by the Attorney General.". (c) The amendments made by this section shall be effective with respect to individuals applying for supplemental security income benefits under title XVI of the Social Security Act for the first time after September 30, 1980.

^^te, p. 470. Aged, blind, or disabled individual, nonapplicability. 42 USC 1382c.

8 USC 1153. Ante, p. 103. Ante, p. 107. Effective date. 42 USC 1382J note. 42 USC 1381.

AUTHORITY FOR DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS

SEC. 505. (a)(1) The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall develop and carry out experiments and demonstration projects designed to determine the relative advantages and disadvantages of (A) various alternative methods of treating the work activity of disabled beneficiaries under the old-age, survivors, and disability insurance program, including such methods as a reduction in benefits based on earnings, designed to encourage the return to work of disabled beneficiaries and (B) altering other limitations and conditions applicable to such disabled beneficiaries (including, but not limited to, lengthening the trial work period, altering the 24-month waiting period for medicare benefits, ^tering the manner in which such program is administered, earlier referral of beneficiaries for rehabilitation, and greater use of employers and others to develop, perform, and otherwise stimulate new forms of rehabilitation), to the end that savings will accrue to the Trust FHmds, or to otherwise promote the objectives or facilitate the administration of title n of the Social Security Act. (2) The experiments and demonstration projects developed under paragraph (1) shall be of sufficient scope and shall be carried out on a wide enough scale to permit a thorough evaluation of the alternative methods under consideration while giving assurance that the results derived from the experiments and projects mil obtain generally in the operation of the disability insurance program without commit* ting such program to the adoption of any particular system either locally or nationally. (3) In the case of any experiment or demonstration project under paragraph (1), the Secreta^ m^praive compliance with the benefit requirements of titles n and XVm of the Social Security Act insofar as is necessary for a thorough evaluation of the alternative methods

42 USC 1310 note.

42 USC 401.

42 USC 401, 1395.

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