Blind Americans Return to Work Act of 2025

Key Points

• Congress directs Social Security to run a 20-year pilot that changes how disability benefits work for people who are blind.
• In this pilot, a blind person could qualify for benefits without Social Security using their work activity as the reason to say they are not disabled.
• If someone works and earns over certain amounts, their monthly benefit would shrink by $1 for every $2 above the allowed level, but it cannot go below $0.
• Benefits would not be cut off just because the person earns wages, which aims to make it safer to try working or working more.
• Trial work and some usual cutoff rules would not apply during the pilot, and after the first 10 years eligible people could choose to opt out.