,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #hcda  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,september #bb1      
#bjbj,mr4 ,grothman 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 definition
 of competitive integrated employment4  
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,workplace ,choice and          
,flexibility for ,individuals with      
,disabilities ,act4  #b4 ,clarification 
of definition of competitive integrated 
employment ,section #g7e7 of the        
,rehabilitation ,act of #aigc 7#bi      
,u4,s4,c4 #gje7 is amended-- 7#a7 in    
subparagraph 7,b7-- 7,a7 by striking not
 including and inserting including      
social and interpersonal interactions   
with colleagues1 vendors1 customers1    
superiors1 or other such persons who the
 employee may come into contact with    
during the work day and across workplace
 settings1 other than2  7,b7 by         

inserting before the semicolon at the   
end the following3 1 except that such   
interactions shall not be considered    
solely at the work unit level2 and  7,c7
 by striking and at the end2  7#b7 by   
striking the period at the end of       
subparagraph 7,c7 and inserting 2 and2  
and  7#c7 by adding at the end the      
following3  7,d7 for which an individual
 may have been paid-- 7i7 by a          
contractor-- 7,i7 of the ,federal       
,government under a contract with the   
,federal ,government for which priority 
was given to the contractor on the basis
 of the bid of the contractor involving 
supporting employment for individuals   
with disabilities2 or  7,,ii7 of a      
,state government under a contract with 
the ,state government for which priority
 was given to the contractor on the     
basis of the bid of the contractor      
involving supporting employment for     
individuals with disabilities2  7ii7 by 
a subcontractor at any tier of a        
contractor-- 7,i7 of the ,federal       

,government under a subcontract for     
which priority was given to the         
subcontractor on the basis of the bid of
 the subcontractor involving supporting 
employment for individuals with         
disabilities2 or  7,,ii7 of a ,state    
government under a subcontract for which
 priority was given to the subcontractor
 on the basis of the bid of the         
subcontractor involving supporting      
employment for individuals with         
disabilities2 or  7iii7 under a contract
 mandating direct labor-hour ratio of   
individuals with disabilities4  4  #c4  
,rule of construction ,nothing in the   
amendments made by this ,act shall be   
construed to reduce the number of jobs  
available for referral by a ,state      
agency or other entity4  #d4 ,sense of  
,congress ,it is the sense of ,congress 
that jobs meeting the definition in     
section #g7e77;,b7 of the               
,rehabilitation ,act of #aigc 7#bi      
,u4,s4,c4 #gje71 and which derive from  
,federal or ,state contracts managed by 

community rehabilitation programs for   
the purposes of supporting employment   
for people with disabilities1 shall be  
eligible to be considered-- 7#a7 part of
 the competitive labor market2 and  7#b7
 an employment outcome for ,state       
vocational rehabilitation purposes4