Restoration of Employment Choice for Adults with Disabilities Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4984 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4984

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

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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 15, 2026

  Mr. Cotton introduced the following bill; which was read twice and
  referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

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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
                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.
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