HR 831 · 113th Congress 2013–2015, ended

Fair Wages for Workers with Disabilities Act of 2013

Introduced Feb 26, 2013 Originated House Sponsor Gregg Harper R-MS

Fact sheet

Latest action · Apr 23, 2013 Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.

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.

  1. IntroducedFeb 26, 2013
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Fair Wages for Workers with Disabilities Act of 2013 - 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 97

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 26, 2013 to Sep 9, 2014, with 11 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-FLAlcee L. HastingsOriginalFeb 26, 2013
D-ILBobby L. RushOriginalFeb 26, 2013
R-AKDon YoungOriginalFeb 26, 2013
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonOriginalFeb 26, 2013
D-WIGwen MooreOriginalFeb 26, 2013
D-SCJames E. ClyburnOriginalFeb 26, 2013
D-MIJohn Conyers, Jr.OriginalFeb 26, 2013
D-MNKeith EllisonOriginalFeb 26, 2013
D-NYPaul TonkoOriginalFeb 26, 2013
D-LARodney AlexanderOriginalFeb 26, 2013
D-GASanford D. Bishop, Jr.OriginalFeb 26, 2013
R-FLAnder CrenshawMar 6, 2013
D-CABarbara LeeMar 6, 2013
D-NHCarol Shea-PorterMar 6, 2013
D-NYLouise McIntosh SlaughterMar 6, 2013
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Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Apr 23, 2013Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
  2. Feb 26, 2013Introduced in House
  3. Feb 26, 2013Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Subjects

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

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Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Feb 26, 2013Introduced in House

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