,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #acgg  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #g1 #bjag,mr4 
,harper introduced the following bill2  
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,education and the ,workforce  ,a ,,bill
  ,to amend the ,fair ,labor ,standards 
,act of #aich to better align certain   
provisions of such ,act with ,federal   
disability laws and policies intended to
 remove societal and institutional      
barriers to employment opportunities for
 people with disabilities4  #a4 ,short  
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,transitioning to ,integrated and       
,meaningful ,employment ,act of #bjag4  
#b4 ,discontinuance of special          
certificates for individuals with       
disabilities  7a7 ,no issuance of new   
special certificates ,beginning on the  
date of enactment of this ,act1 the     
,secretary of ,labor shall not issue any
 new special certificates under section 
#ad7;c77#a7 of the ,fair ,labor         
,standards ,act of #aich 7#bi ,u4,s4,c4 

#bad7;c77#a774  7b7 ,conditions for     
renewal of certificates ,beginning on   
the date of enactment of this ,act1 the 
,secretary of ,labor shall not renew any
 special certificate to an employer     
previously provided such a certificate  
under section #ad7;c77#a7 of the ,fair  
,labor ,standards ,act of #aich 7#bi    
,u4,s4,c4 #bad7;c77#a77 unless the      
employer provides1 on an annual basis1  
to the ,secretary the following         
information3  7#a7 ,individualized      
assessments of each employee paid       
subminimum wages under any such special 
certificate1 including the wages earned1
 skills developed1 and qualifications   
required for employment with such       
certificate holder at or above minimum  
wage for that year4  7#b7               
,individualized assessments of the      
employee that identify how obstacles    
related to the disability prevent each  
employee paid subminimum wages from     
transitioning into available job        
opportunities that pay at or above the  

minimum wage and the resources provided 
to each such employee in order to       
mitigate those disability-related       
obstacles4  7#c7 ,a transition plan for 
each such employee that includes        
demonstrable benchmarks to facilitate   
the placement of each such employee into
 employment opportunities that          
compensate for work at or above the     
minimum wage4  7c7 ,publication ,the    
,secretary of ,labor shall make the     
information submitted under subsection  
7b7 publicly available and updated on   
the website of the ,department of       
,labor4 ,such publicly available        
information shall not include any       
personally identifiable information     
regarding any employee who is the       
subject of the assessments and plans    
required under such subsection or who is
 paid a subminimum wage pursuant to a   
special certificate described in such   
subsection4  7d7 ,definitions ,as used  
in this ,act-- 7#a7 the term minimum    
wage means the minimum wage in effect   

under section #f7;a77#a7 of the ,fair   
,labor ,standards ,act of #aich 7#bi    
,u4,s4,c4 #bjf7;a77#a772 and  7#b7 the  
term subminimum wage means any wage paid
 to any employee pursuant to a special  
certificate issued under section        
#ad7;c77#a7 of the ,fair ,labor         
,standards ,act of #aich 7#bi ,u4,s4,c4 
#bad7;c77#a77 that is less than the     
minimum wage4  7e7 ,enforcement ,any    
employer that continues to pay a        
subminimum wage to an employee without  
meeting the conditions set forth in     
subparagraph 7b7 shall be deemed to have
 violated a regulation or order of the  
,secretary of ,labor issued under       
section #ad of the ,fair ,labor         
,standards ,act of #aich 7#bi ,u4,s4,c4 
#bad74  #c4 ,repeal special certificate 
provisions ,effective on the date that  
is #f years after the date of the       
enactment of this ,act1 subsection 7c7  
of section #ad of the ,fair ,labor      
,standards ,act of #aich 7#bi ,u4,s4,c4 
#bad7;c77 is repealed1 and any          

outstanding special wage certificates   
issued under such subsection shall be   
revoked4