,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cgjd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #aa1 #bjai,mrs4
 ,hartzler 7for herself1 ,mr4 ,cleaver1 
,mr4 ,clay1 ,mr4 ,graves of ,missouri1  
,mr4 ,smith of ,missouri1 ,mr4 ,long1   
and ,mr4 ,luetkemeyer7 introduced the   
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,education and ,labor 
,a ,,bill  ,to amend the ,rehabilitation
 ,act of #aigc to clarify the use of    
subminimum wage with respect to certain 
contracts4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act 
may be cited as the ,protecting ,choices
 for ,disabled ,workers ,act4  #b4      
,clarification of use of subminimum wage
 with respect to certain contracts  7a7 
,exception to prohibition ,section      
#eaa7;b77#b7 of the ,rehabilitation ,act
 of #aigc 7#bi ,u4,s4,c4 #gid;g7b77#b77 
is amended--  7#a7 by striking ,a local 
and inserting the following3  7,a7 ,in  
general ,except as provided in          
subparagraph 7,b71 a local  2 and  7#b7 
by adding at the end following3  7,b7   

,state of ,missouri ,notwithstanding    
subparagraph 7,a71 a local educational  
agency or ,state educational agency     
described in subparagraph 7,a7 that is  
in the ,state of ,missouri may enter    
into a contract or other arrangement    
with an entity described in subsection  
7a7 for the purpose of operating a      
program for an individual who is age #bd
 or younger under which work is         
compensated at a subminimum wage if the 
individual has received1 and produces   
appropriate documentation indicating    
completion of1 the services described in
 subsection 7a77#b77;,a7 before         
beginning work4  4  7b7 ,conforming     
amendment ,section #eaa7;a7 of such ,act
 7#bi ,u4,s4,c4 #gid;g7a77 is amended by
 striking ,no entity and inserting      
,except as provided in subsection       
7b77#b71 no entity4  7c7 ,effective date
 ,the amendments made by this section   
shall apply to work beginning after the 
date of the enactment of this ,act4