Transformation to Competitive Integrated Employment Act
Latest action · Apr 5, 2021 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
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.
- IntroducedApr 5, 2021
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Transformation to Competitive Integrated Employment Act
This bill addresses employment standards for individuals with disabilities.
The bill directs the Department of Labor to award grants to states and certain eligible entities to assist them in transforming their business and program models to support individuals with disabilities by
- providing competitive integrated employment,
- assisting disabled individuals in finding and retaining work in such employment,
- providing integrated employment and integrated community participation and wraparound services for such individuals, and
- ensuring that such services comply with federal regulations for individuals receiving home and community-based services.
The bill also prohibits the issuance of new special certificates that allow payment of subminimum wages to disabled individuals and phases out existing certificates over a four-year period.
The bill directs Labor's Office of Disability Employment to award grants to provide technical assistance and other strategic support to employers transitioning from special certificates to competitive integrated employment for disabled individuals.
Labor must contract with a nonprofit entity to conduct an evaluation of the impact of these transitions.
Cosponsors 63
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 5, 2021 to Sep 28, 2022; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-WA | Cathy McMorris Rodgers | Original | Apr 5, 2021 |
| D-NY | Joseph D. Morelle | Apr 14, 2021 | |
| D-OR | Suzanne Bonamici | Apr 14, 2021 | |
| D-MI | Andy Levin | Apr 16, 2021 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Apr 21, 2021 | |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Apr 21, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Mark DeSaulnier | Apr 21, 2021 | |
| D-ME | Chellie Pingree | May 4, 2021 | |
| D-MN | Ilhan Omar | May 4, 2021 | |
| R-PA | Brian K. Fitzpatrick | May 11, 2021 | |
| D-WA | Derek Kilmer | May 11, 2021 | |
| R-PA | John Joyce | May 28, 2021 | |
| D-IA | Cynthia Axne | Jun 16, 2021 | |
| D-NC | David E. Price | Jun 24, 2021 | |
| D-IL | Mike Quigley | Jun 24, 2021 | |
| D-AZ | Ruben Gallego | Jul 1, 2021 | |
| D-NC | Alma S. Adams | Jul 21, 2021 | |
| D-DE | Lisa Blunt Rochester | Jul 21, 2021 | |
| D-NY | Paul Tonko | Jul 22, 2021 | |
| D-VT | Peter Welch | Jul 22, 2021 | |
| D-MD | David J. Trone | Jul 26, 2021 | |
| D-WA | Suzan K. DelBene | Jul 30, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Pete Aguilar | Aug 17, 2021 | |
| D-MA | Lori Trahan | Dec 20, 2021 | |
| D-VA | Gerald E. Connolly | Feb 8, 2022 | |
| R-WA | Jaime Herrera Beutler | Feb 8, 2022 | |
| D-RI | James R. Langevin | Feb 8, 2022 | |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Feb 8, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Linda T. Sánchez | Feb 8, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Feb 11, 2022 | |
| R-FL | Daniel Webster | Feb 11, 2022 | |
| D-FL | Darren Soto | Feb 11, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Jimmy Panetta | Feb 11, 2022 | |
| D-MD | Kweisi Mfume | Feb 11, 2022 | |
| D-AZ | Ann Kirkpatrick | Feb 25, 2022 | |
| D-MA | Jake Auchincloss | Feb 25, 2022 | |
| D-MD | Jamie Raskin | Feb 25, 2022 | |
| D-CO | Joe Neguse | Feb 25, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Judy Chu | Feb 25, 2022 | |
| D-GA | Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. | Feb 25, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Juan Vargas | Mar 16, 2022 | |
| D-IL | Marie Newman | Mar 29, 2022 | |
| D-MI | Rashida Tlaib | Mar 29, 2022 | |
| D-IL | Robin L. Kelly | Mar 29, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Ted Lieu | Mar 29, 2022 | |
| D-FL | Al Lawson, Jr. | Apr 26, 2022 | |
| D-PA | Susan Wild | May 3, 2022 | |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | May 10, 2022 | |
| D-KS | Sharice Davids | May 10, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Mark Takano | May 24, 2022 | |
| D-WA | Pramila Jayapal | May 24, 2022 | |
| D-MD | C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger | Jun 15, 2022 | |
| D-NC | Deborah K. Ross | Jun 16, 2022 | |
| D-MI | Haley M. Stevens | Jun 21, 2022 | |
| D-CT | Jahana Hayes | Jul 7, 2022 | |
| D-ME | Jared F. Golden | Jul 7, 2022 | |
| D-NM | Melanie A. Stansbury | Jul 7, 2022 | |
| D-NY | Mondaire Jones | Jul 7, 2022 | |
| D-LA | Troy A. Carter | Jul 12, 2022 | |
| D-RI | David N. Cicilline | Sep 14, 2022 | |
| D-WA | Marilyn Strickland | Sep 14, 2022 | |
| D-NY | Adriano Espaillat | Sep 28, 2022 | |
| D-GA | Lucy McBath | Sep 28, 2022 |
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 Apr 5, 2021 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 5, 2021Introduced in House
- Apr 5, 2021Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
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
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 167, no. 60, April 5, 2021, page H1714.
Printed hearings 3
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 117-388 | LESSONS LEARNED FROM COVID-19: HIGHLIGHTING INNOVATIONS, MAXIMIZING INCLUSIVE PRACTICES AND OVERCOMING BARRIERS TO EMPLOYMENT FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES62 pages | Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee | Feb 8, 2022 |
| Serial No. 117-24 | PHASING OUT SUBMINIMUM WAGES: SUPPORTING THE TRANSITION TO COMPETITIVE INTEGRATED EMPLOYMENT FOR WORKERS WITH DISABILITIES126 pages | Education and Workforce Committee | Jul 21, 2021 |
| Serial No. 117-20 | CLOSING THE RACIAL AND GENDER WEALTH GAP THROUGH COMPENSATION EQUITY253 pages | Financial Services Committee | Apr 29, 2021 |
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 1263 | Transformation to Competitive Integrated Employment Act | Reintroduced Bill | Feb 28, 2023 |
| S 3238 | Transformation to Competitive Integrated Employment Act | Related bill | Nov 18, 2021 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To assist employers providing employment under special certificates issued under section 14(c) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 in transforming their business and program models to models that support individuals with disabilities through competitive integrated employment, to phase out the use of such special certificates, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Transformation to Competitive Integrated Employment Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Labor and Employment.
- Advisory bodies
- Bank accounts, deposits, capital
- Congressional oversight
- Disability and paralysis
- Disability assistance
- Employment and training programs
- Family services
- Health care coverage and access
- Income tax exclusion
- Labor and Employment
- Labor standards
- Medicaid
- Mental health
- Performance measurement
- Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
- State and local government operations
- Wages and earnings
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 5, 2021Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
