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Restoration of Employment Choice for Adults with Disabilities Act

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

Introduced May 12, 2026

Latest action (May 21, 2026) Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 18 - 15.

Referred to
Education and Workforce Committee
Policy area
Labor and Employment
Issues
Labor & Wages
Legislative subjects (7)
Disability and paralysisEducational guidanceGovernment information and archivesLabor standardsLicensing and registrationsVocational and technical educationWages and earnings

Summary
  • Allows entities to pay subminimum wages to individuals age 18 and older with disabilities if the individual voluntarily chooses such employment
  • Adds an exception allowing subminimum wage employment if employers document efforts to contact state vocational rehabilitation agencies for counseling and referrals but the agencies fail to provide them
  • Requires employers to share employment documentation with employees who are paid subminimum wages
  • Applies these changes to employment beginning from the date of enactment

AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill text — neutral, and may be imperfect. See the full text below for the exact wording.

Sponsor (1)
5 cosponsors

Actions (4)
  1. May 21, 2026 Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 18 - 15. · house
  2. May 21, 2026 Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held · house
  3. May 12, 2026 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce. · house
  4. May 12, 2026 Introduced in House

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  • HR 5304 — Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026 (shares 5 subjects)
  • HR 2670 — National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (shares 5 subjects)
  • HR 8210 — A Stronger Workforce for America Act of 2026 (shares 4 subjects)
  • HR 5658 — Child Care for Every Community Act (shares 4 subjects)
  • S 2939 — Child Care for Every Community Act (shares 4 subjects)
  • HR 3838 — Streamlining Procurement for Effective Execution and Delivery and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 (shares 4 subjects)
  • HR 1654 — CUTS Act (shares 4 subjects)
  • HR 1739 — Higher Education Reform and Opportunity Act (shares 4 subjects)

Similar bills (6)

Bills with similar text or summary — includes reintroductions across Congresses. Ranked by semantic similarity of the bill text (computed locally); a neutral discovery aid, not a claim the bills are duplicates.

  • S 4984 — Restoration of Employment Choice for Adults with Disabilities Act · Introduced Jul 15, 2026 · Cong. 119 92%
  • HR 9135 — TDIU Reform Act of 2026 · Introduced Jun 23, 2026 · Cong. 119 66%
  • HR 7471 — Give America a Raise Act · Introduced Feb 10, 2026 · Cong. 119 61%
  • S 466 — Fairness for Disabled Young Adults Act · Introduced Feb 6, 2025 · Cong. 119 61%
  • HRES 829 — Recognizing the significance of equal pay and the pay disparity between disabled women and both disabled and nondisabled men. · Introduced Oct 24, 2025 · Cong. 119 61%
  • HR 8731 — Federal Employee Short-Term Disability Insurance Act of 2026 · Introduced May 11, 2026 · Cong. 119 61%

Text versions (1)
  • Introduced in House · May 12, 2026

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Full text

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

May 12, 2026

Mr. Grothman (for himself, Mrs. Wagner, and Mr. Owens) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce

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 such counseling, information, and referrals after such documented efforts.”; 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 the date of enactment of this Act. <all>

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