[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1296 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1296

To amend the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 to ensure workplace choice and 
            opportunity for young adults with disabilities.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 1, 2023

 Mr. Grothman (for himself and Mrs. Miller of Illinois) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and 
                             the Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 to ensure workplace choice and 
            opportunity for young adults with disabilities.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Restoration of Employment Choice for 
Adults with Disabilities Act''.

SEC. 2. USE OF SUBMINIMUM WAGE.

    Section 511 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794g) is 
amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1)--
                            (i) by striking ``No'' and inserting 
                        ``Any'';
                            (ii) by striking ``24 or younger'' and 
                        inserting ``18 or older''; and
                            (iii) by striking ``unless'' and inserting 
                        ``if''; and
                    (B) by inserting at the end the following new 
                paragraph:
            ``(3) The individual chooses to accept employment with such 
        entity.'';
            (2) in subsection (b)(2), by striking ``24'' and inserting 
        ``17'';
            (3) in subsection (c), by inserting at the end the 
        following new paragraph:
            ``(4) Other exceptions.--The entity described in subsection 
        (a) can satisfy the requirements of paragraph (1)(A) with 
        respect to an individual, if--
                    ``(A) such entity makes documented efforts, at the 
                intervals described in paragraph (2), to contact on 
                behalf of the individual, the designated State unit for 
                the counseling, information, and referrals described in 
                paragraph (1)(A); and
                    ``(B) such designated State unit fails to provide 
                the relevant counseling, information, and referrals.''; 
                and
            (4) in subsection (d)(1), by inserting before the period at 
        the end the following: ``and, if such individual is employed by 
        an entity described in subsection (a) at the time such 
        documentation is made pursuant to such process, to make 
        available copies of such documentation to the entity''.

SEC. 3. APPLICATION.

    The amendments made by this Act shall apply with respect to the 
employment of an individual on or after March 13, 2020.
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