SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

On April 18, 2024, we published the final rule Intermediate Improvement to the Disability Adjudication Process Including How We Consider Past Work in the Federal Register (final rule).^[1] The published final rule revises the relevant time period we consider from 15 years to 5 years when determining whether an individual's past work is relevant for the purposes of making disability determinations and decisions. The final rule further clarifies that we will not consider past work that started and stopped in fewer than 30 calendar days to be considered past relevant work (PRW).

We stated in the preamble of the final rule that its provisions would take effect and be applied to all claims pending and newly filed beginning on June 8, 2024. We are now publishing this rulemaking document to defer the final rule's effective date to June 22, 2024. We will apply the final rule and all procedures set forth therein, as previously described in the originally published final rule, to all claims newly filed and pending beginning on June 22, 2024.

The Commissioner of the Social Security Administration, Martin O'Malley, having reviewed and approved this document, is delegating the authority to electronically sign this document to Faye I. Lipsky, who is the primary Federal Register Liaison for SSA, for purposes of publication in the Federal Register .

89 FR 48138