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B-331915 1 (2020-03-12)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaeavo0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A Oi U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 441 G St. N.W. Washington, DC 20548 B-331915 March 12, 2020 The Honorable Chuck Grassley Chairman The Honorable Ron Wyden Ranking Member Committee on Finance United States Senate The Honorable Richard Neal Chairman The Honorable Kevin Brady Ranking Member Committee on Ways and Means House of Representatives Subject: Social Security Administration: Removing Inability To Communicate in English as an Education Category Pursuant to section 801 (a)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code, this is our report on a major rule promulgated by the Social Security Administration (SSA) entitled Removing Inability To Communicate in English as an Education Category (RIN: 0960-AH86). We received the rule on February 28, 2020. It was published in the Federal Register as final rules on February 25, 2020. 85 Fed. Reg. 10586. The effective date of the rule is April 27, 2020. The final rule eliminates the education category inability to communicate in English when SSA evaluates disability claims for adults under titles II and XVI of the Social Security Act. According to SSA, this education category is no longer a useful indicator of an individual's educational attainment or of the vocational impact of an individual's education because of changes in the national workforce since SSA adopted the current rule more than 40 years ago. SSA expects the revisions will help it better assess the vocational impact of education in the disability determination process. Enclosed is our assessment of SSA's compliance with the procedural steps required by section 801 (a)(1)(B)(i) through (iv) of title 5 with respect to the rule. If you have any

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