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

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.

IntroducedFeb 26, 2013
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
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; 11 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-FL	Alcee L. Hastings	Original	Feb 26, 2013
D-IL	Bobby L. Rush	Original	Feb 26, 2013
R-AK	Don Young	Original	Feb 26, 2013
D-DC	Eleanor Holmes Norton	Original	Feb 26, 2013
D-WI	Gwen Moore	Original	Feb 26, 2013
D-SC	James E. Clyburn	Original	Feb 26, 2013
D-MI	John Conyers, Jr.	Original	Feb 26, 2013
D-MN	Keith Ellison	Original	Feb 26, 2013
D-NY	Paul Tonko	Original	Feb 26, 2013
R-LA	Rodney Alexander	Original	Feb 26, 2013
D-GA	Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.	Original	Feb 26, 2013
R-FL	Ander Crenshaw		Mar 6, 2013
D-CA	Barbara Lee		Mar 6, 2013
D-NH	Carol Shea-Porter		Mar 6, 2013
D-NY	Louise McIntosh Slaughter		Mar 6, 2013
D-CA	Lucille Roybal-Allard		Mar 6, 2013
D-IL	Mike Quigley		Mar 6, 2013
R-NY	Peter T. King		Mar 6, 2013
R-OK	Tom Cole		Mar 6, 2013
D-NY	Carolyn B. Maloney		Mar 21, 2013
D-UT	Jim Matheson		Mar 21, 2013
D-MA	Richard E. Neal		Mar 21, 2013
D-IL	William L. Enyart		Mar 21, 2013
D-CO	Diana DeGette		Apr 12, 2013
D-CO	Ed Perlmutter		Apr 12, 2013
D-MD	Elijah E. Cummings		Apr 12, 2013
R-NE	Jeff Fortenberry		Apr 12, 2013
D-CA	Mark Takano		Apr 12, 2013
D-PA	Robert A. Brady		Apr 12, 2013
D-NV	Steven Horsford		Apr 12, 2013
D-CA	Eric Swalwell		Apr 25, 2013
R-NC	Howard Coble		Apr 25, 2013
D-OH	Joyce Beatty		Apr 25, 2013
D-PR	Pedro R. Pierluisi		Apr 25, 2013
R-PA	Glenn Thompson		May 9, 2013
D-OH	Marcia L. Fudge		May 22, 2013
D-OH	Tim Ryan		May 22, 2013
D-VI	Donna M. Christensen		Jul 9, 2013
R-FL	Daniel Webster		Jul 11, 2013
R-WA	Cathy McMorris Rodgers		Sep 30, 2013
D-FL	Corrine Brown		Sep 30, 2013
R-TX	Pete Sessions		Oct 2, 2013
D-NY	Eliot L. Engel		Oct 9, 2013
D-GA	John Lewis		Oct 30, 2013
R-CA	Ken Calvert		Oct 30, 2013
D-CA	Raul Ruiz		Oct 30, 2013
D-NY	Hakeem S. Jeffries		Nov 13, 2013
D-VA	James P. Moran		Nov 13, 2013
R-VA	Robert J. Wittman		Jan 7, 2014
D-TX	Eddie Bernice Johnson		Jan 13, 2014
D-CA	Susan A. Davis		Jan 13, 2014
D-CA	Grace F. Napolitano		Jan 28, 2014
D-TN	Jim Cooper		Jan 28, 2014
D-NY	Nydia M. Velázquez		Jan 28, 2014
D-IN	Peter J. Visclosky		Jan 29, 2014
D-TX	Sheila Jackson Lee		Jan 29, 2014
D-MD	Chris Van Hollen		Feb 4, 2014
R-WA	Jaime Herrera Beutler		Feb 4, 2014
D-ME	Michael H. Michaud		Feb 4, 2014
D-HI	Tulsi Gabbard		Feb 4, 2014
D-NY	Daniel B. Maffei		Feb 6, 2014
R-NC	Renee L. Ellmers		Feb 6, 2014
D-CA	George Miller		Feb 11, 2014
D-FL	Kathy Castor		Feb 11, 2014
D-IL	Robin L. Kelly		Feb 11, 2014
D-NY	Carolyn McCarthy		Feb 25, 2014
D-NC	David E. Price		Feb 25, 2014
D-MD	Donna F. Edwards		Feb 25, 2014
D-CA	Jerry McNerney		Feb 25, 2014
D-NM	Michelle Lujan Grisham		Feb 25, 2014
R-MT	Steve Daines		Feb 25, 2014
D-CA	Karen Bass		Feb 28, 2014
D-NY	Brian Higgins		Mar 11, 2014
D-CA	Jackie Speier		Mar 11, 2014
R-WA	David G. Reichert		Mar 26, 2014
D-OR	Earl Blumenauer		Mar 26, 2014
R-SC	Tom Rice		Apr 8, 2014
D-NH	Ann M. Kuster		Apr 29, 2014
R-IN	Larry Bucshon		May 7, 2014
D-TN	Steve Cohen		May 7, 2014
D-WA	Jim McDermott		May 8, 2014
D-OH	Marcy Kaptur		May 8, 2014
D-VT	Peter Welch		May 8, 2014
R-VA	Frank R. Wolf		May 20, 2014
D-MA	James P. McGovern		May 20, 2014
D-IL	Janice D. Schakowsky		May 29, 2014
R-MI	Fred Upton		Jun 10, 2014
R-FL	Gus M. Bilirakis		Jun 10, 2014
D-NY	Nita M. Lowey		Jun 10, 2014
D-IL	Tammy Duckworth		Jun 19, 2014
R-LA	Vance M. McAllister		Jun 19, 2014
R-FL	Dennis A. Ross		Jun 24, 2014
D-CT	Joe Courtney		Jun 24, 2014
D-NY	Yvette D. Clarke		Jun 24, 2014
D-MO	Wm. Lacy Clay		Jul 24, 2014
D-NY	Steve Israel		Jul 30, 2014
D-IL	Cheri Bustos		Sep 9, 2014

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Education and Workforce Committee	Referred Feb 26, 2013
	Workforce Protections Subcommittee	Referred Apr 23, 2013

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

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

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: ``clause 3 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution''.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H660.

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To phase out special wage certificates under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 under which individuals with disabilities may be employed at subminimum wage rates.
Short Titles as Introduced: Fair Wages for Workers with Disabilities Act of 2013

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Feb 26, 2013Introduced in House

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