Transformation to Competitive Integrated Employment Act
Latest action · Feb 28, 2023 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.
- IntroducedFeb 28, 2023
- 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 34
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 28, 2023 to Jul 25, 2024; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-WA | Cathy McMorris Rodgers | Original | Feb 28, 2023 |
| D-CA | Mark DeSaulnier | Mar 3, 2023 | |
| D-VT | Becca Balint | Apr 6, 2023 | |
| D-ME | Chellie Pingree | Apr 6, 2023 | |
| D-FL | Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick | Apr 6, 2023 | |
| D-MN | Ilhan Omar | Apr 19, 2023 | |
| D-HI | Jill N. Tokuda | Apr 19, 2023 | |
| D-WA | Derek Kilmer | Apr 24, 2023 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Apr 24, 2023 | |
| D-MD | Jamie Raskin | Apr 25, 2023 | |
| R-TX | Pete Sessions | Apr 25, 2023 | |
| D-KS | Sharice Davids | Apr 25, 2023 | |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Apr 27, 2023 | |
| D-MD | C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger | May 9, 2023 | |
| D-MA | William R. Keating | May 11, 2023 | |
| D-IL | Robin L. Kelly | Jun 20, 2023 | |
| D-MD | John P. Sarbanes | Jun 22, 2023 | |
| D-MD | David J. Trone | Jul 6, 2023 | |
| D-NV | Dina Titus | Jul 6, 2023 | |
| D-TX | Colin Z. Allred | Jul 24, 2023 | |
| D-MD | Kweisi Mfume | Aug 15, 2023 | |
| R-PA | Daniel Meuser | Aug 25, 2023 | |
| D-IL | Mike Quigley | Sep 18, 2023 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Oct 10, 2023 | |
| D-MA | Stephen F. Lynch | Nov 14, 2023 | |
| D-CT | Jahana Hayes | Dec 1, 2023 | |
| D-FL | Maxwell Frost | Jan 18, 2024 | |
| D-WA | Suzan K. DelBene | Feb 5, 2024 | |
| D-CO | Jason Crow | Feb 26, 2024 | |
| D-VA | Gerald E. Connolly | Mar 19, 2024 | |
| D-OR | Suzanne Bonamici | Mar 20, 2024 | |
| D-NC | Deborah K. Ross | Jun 3, 2024 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Jun 3, 2024 | |
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | Jul 25, 2024 |
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 28, 2023 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 28, 2023Introduced in House
- Feb 28, 2023Referred 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
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 169, no. 38, February 28, 2023, page H972.
Printed hearings 1
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. 118-391 | ALL MEANS ALL: EMPOWERING PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES TO THRIVE IN CAREERS AND THE WORKPLACE88 pages | Aging (Special) Committee | Feb 29, 2024 |
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 533 | Transformation to Competitive Integrated Employment Act | Related bill | Feb 27, 2023 |
| HR 2373 | Transformation to Competitive Integrated Employment Act | Reintroduction of | Apr 5, 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.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 28, 2023Introduced 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.
