3.0.0 3112 2020-02-10T17:02:02Z 2022-02-08T17:27:15Z Senate S S 2008-06-11 110 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2008-06-11T17:34:24Z 2008-06-11 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2008-06-11 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5525-5526) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2008-06-11 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress E000285 Sen. Enzi, Michael B. [R-WY] MICHAEL ENZI R WY B. N Health Alaska Blind Commerce Depressed areas Disabled Economics and Public Finance Employment of the disabled Executive reorganization Government Operations and Politics Government contractors Government procurement Housing and Community Development Indian economic development Labor and Employment Law Licenses Minorities Minority business enterprises Nonprofit organizations Small business Social Welfare Health 00 2008-06-11 Introduced in Senate 2008-09-18T20:37:05Z Javits-Wagner-O'Day and Randolph-Sheppard Modernization Act of 2008 - Establishes the Committee for the Advancement of Individuals with Disabilities.

Javits-Wagner-O'Day Act - Reauthorizes the Javits-Wagner-O'Day Act program providing for government procurement of goods and services from qualified nonprofit agencies for individuals who are blind or with significant disabilities.

Directs the Committee to designate central nonprofit agencies to: (1) facilitate government procurement of such goods and services; (2) establish permanent Javits-Wagner-O'Day Endowment Funds; and (3) makes grants or enter contracts with nonprofit agencies to carry out demonstration projects for the employment of students with significant disabilities.

Randolph-Sheppard Act - Reauthorizes the Randolph-Sheppard Act program providing self-support opportunities to licensed vendors with disabilities through the operation of vending machines in federal facilities. (Currently, only blind individuals are provided such opportunities.)

Directs the Committee to: (1) identify new vending facility sites for licensed vendors; and (2) provide for the designation of state licensing agencies to issue licenses to such vendors.

Exempts contracts for the operation of full food service dining at Department of Defense (DOD) facilities from Javits-Wagner-O'Day program requirements.

Gives equal priority to the award of such contracts to: (1) a state licensing agency bidding for the contract under the Randolph-Sheppard Act program; and (2) a small business concern, a HUBZone entity, an Alaska Native Corporation, and other socially-disadvantaged groups.

Transfers to the Committee specified functions of the Commissioner of the Rehabilitation Services Administration of the Department of Education (relating to the Randolph-Sheppard Act program).

Repeals former provisions of the Javits-Wagner-O'Day Act and the Randolph-Sheppard Act.

]]> Javits-Wagner-O'Day and Randolph-Sheppard Modernization Act of 2008 Short Titles as Introduced Javits-Wagner-O'Day and Randolph-Sheppard Modernization Act of 2008 Short Titles as Introduced for portions of this bill Randolph-Sheppard Act Short Titles as Introduced for portions of this bill Javits-Wagner-O'Day Act Display Title Javits-Wagner-O'Day and Randolph-Sheppard Modernization Act of 2008 Official Title as Introduced A bill to reauthorize the Javits-Wagner-O'Day Act and the Randolph-Sheppard Act, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2008-06-11T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s3112is/xml/BILLS-110s3112is.xml 2008-06-11 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. 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.