3.0.0 1702 2023-01-12T17:52:45Z 2023-01-12T17:52:45Z Senate S S 2007-06-27 110 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2007-06-27T16:45:52Z 2007-06-27 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. IntroReferral 2007-06-27 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8613) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2007-06-27 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress R000307 Sen. Roberts, Pat [R-KS] PAT ROBERTS R KS N K000105 Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] EDWARD KENNEDY D MA MOORE 2007-06-27 True C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2007-06-27 True L000304 Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [ID-CT] JOSEPH LIEBERMAN ID CT I. 2007-06-27 True B001135 Sen. Burr, Richard [R-NC] Richard Burr R NC Mauze 2008-02-11 False Government Operations and Politics Administrative procedure Data banks Disabled Employee health benefits Employment of the disabled Finance and Financial Sector Government contractors Government paperwork Government procurement Government publicity Health Health insurance Insurance premiums Labor and Employment Law Minimum wages Nonprofit organizations Office of Management and Budget Science, Technology, Communications Social Welfare Government Operations and Politics 00 2007-06-27 Introduced in Senate 2007-10-01T15:13:57Z Employer Work Incentive Act for Individuals with Severe Disabilities - Amends the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act to require the Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy to establish, annually, a government-wide target for procurement contracts awarded to businesses that employ individuals with severe disabilities. Requires such target to be established at not less than 2.5% of the total value of all prime contract procurements for each fiscal year.

Directs: (1) each executive agency to have an annual procurement target that presents the maximum practicable opportunity for businesses that employ individuals with severe disabilities to participate in the performance of agency contracts; (2) the Administrator to ensure that the cumulative agency targets meet or exceed the annual targets; (3) the Administrator to work with the Administrator of General Services to establish and maintain a database of eligible entities that qualify as businesses that employ such individuals; and (4) the Administrator to promulgate regulations providing that the participation of such businesses shall be an evaluation factor in all contracts awarded by executive agencies.

Provides that the failure of a business that is awarded a contract to meet the employment criteria within one year shall result in contract termination, unless a one-time waiver is approved for good cause.

Makes the Assistant Secretary of Labor for Employment and Training responsible for obtaining input from agencies, individuals, and organizations regarding the effectiveness, outreach, utilization, and advancement of the goals and purposes of the employment and contracting program.

Requires the Secretary of Labor to utilize existing Regional Assistance Centers to provide assistance to businesses in qualifying for the evaluation factor.

]]> Employer Work Incentive Act for Individuals with Severe Disabilities Display Title Employer Work Incentive Act for Individuals with Severe Disabilities Official Title as Introduced A bill to promote employment of individuals with severe disabilities through Federal Government contracting and procurement processes, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Employer Work Incentive Act for Individuals with Severe Disabilities Introduced in Senate 2007-06-27T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s1702is/xml/BILLS-110s1702is.xml 2007-06-27 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.