HR 3086 · 112th Congress 2011–2013, ended

Fair Wages for Workers with Disabilities Act of 2011

Introduced Oct 4, 2011 Originated House Sponsor Cliff Stearns R-FL

Fact sheet

Latest action · Oct 4, 2011 Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

IntroducedOct 4, 2011
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Fair Wages for Workers with Disabilities Act of 2011 - Directs the Secretary of Labor to discontinue issuing to any new profit or non-profit or governmental entity special wage certificates (which permit individuals with disabilities, including individuals employed in agriculture, to be paid at lower than minimum wages).

Prescribes requirements for a three-year phase-out of all certificates.

Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to repeal authority and requirements for the issuance of such certificates three years after enactment of this Act. Requires revocation of any certificates remaining at that time.

Cosponsors 84

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Oct 4, 2011 to Oct 12, 2012, with 1 there on the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-NY	Timothy H. Bishop	Original	Oct 4, 2011
R-MS	Gregg Harper		Oct 6, 2011
R-PA	Glenn Thompson		Oct 14, 2011
D-NY	Edolphus Towns		Oct 25, 2011
R-PA	Lou Barletta		Oct 25, 2011
R-NY	Peter T. King		Oct 25, 2011
D-NY	Carolyn McCarthy		Nov 1, 2011
D-NY	Charles B. Rangel		Nov 1, 2011
D-MN	Keith Ellison		Nov 1, 2011
D-NY	Maurice D. Hinchey		Nov 1, 2011
D-PA	Robert A. Brady		Nov 1, 2011
D-NY	Gary L. Ackerman		Nov 2, 2011
D-NY	Jerrold Nadler		Nov 2, 2011
D-NY	Louise McIntosh Slaughter		Nov 2, 2011
D-NC	Brad Miller		Nov 15, 2011

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Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

Oct 4, 2011Introduced in House
Oct 4, 2011Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Oct 4, 2011Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H6521)

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Labor and Employment.

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Oct 4, 2011Introduced in House

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