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Restoration of Employment Choice for Adults with Disabilities Act
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Restoration of Employment Choice for Adults with Disabilities Act This bill relaxes requirements that allow entities with a special wage certificate to pay subminimum wages to individuals with disabilities. Specifically, the bill eliminates a requirement that an individual with a disability who is age 24 or younger receive pre-employment transition services and meet specified vocational rehabilitation criteria before beginning subminimum wage work. The bill also relaxes career counseling and service referral requirements that apply to an individual with a disability who is paid at a subminimum wage. Current law requires an entity to ensure that an individual employed at subminimum wage receives periodic career counseling, information, and referrals to other services from the designated state agency. Under the bill, this requirement is met if the employer makes a documented effort to contact the state agency for those resources on behalf of the employee, and the state agency subsequently fails to provide the counseling, information, and referrals.
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2026 · third_quarter · Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace
Disability community concerns regarding employment; AbilityOne Reform; H.R.8736 -- Restoration of Employment Choice for Adults with Disabilities Act; S.2438/H.R.4771 -- Transformation to Competitive Integrated Employment Act. H.R.10443 -- American Procurement Improvement Act.
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 18 - 15.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Introduced in House
Congress.gov source codes: 1000, Intro-H
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Sources: Congress.gov
Client expense: $40,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE
2026 · second_quarter · Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace
Opposing Restoration of Employment Choice for Adults with Disabilities Act H.R. 8736, ; Support "Raise the Wage Act; Oppose 14C certificates (subminimum wage for people with disabilities); Opposing Restoration of Employment Choice for Adults with Disabilities Act H.R. 8736.
Client expense: $12,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE
2026 · second_quarter · Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace
Disability community concerns regarding employment; AbilityOne Reform; H.R.8736 -- Restoration of Employment Choice for Adults with Disabilities Act; S.2438/H.R.4771 -- Transformation to Competitive Integrated Employment Act.
Client expense: $50,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE
2026 · second_quarter · Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace
Continued use of 14c and other barriers to Vocational Rehabilitation usage under The Restoration of Employment Choice for Adults with Disabilities Act (H.R. 8736)
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $10,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
2026 · first_quarter · Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace
Opposing Restoration of Employment Choice for Adults with Disabilities Act H.R. 8736, ; Support "Raise the Wage Act; Oppose 14C certificates (subminimum wage for people with disabilities)
Client expense: $12,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE
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| Scott Fitzgerald | Republican | WI |