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HR 8736 — Restoration of Employment Choice for Adults with Disabilities Act
HR 8736 is a measure before Congress. This page is what Rallybase holds about it and the date each part of it was read.
This bill relaxes requirements that allow entities with a special wage certificate to pay subminimum wages to individuals with disabilities. (Summary by the Congressional Research Service, version Introduced in House, 2026-05-12.)
The source's latest action on it, dated 2026-05-21, reads: "Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 18 - 15.".
- Identifier
- HR 8736
- Level
- Federal
- Jurisdiction
- the United States
- Session
- 119
- Chamber, from the bill number
- House of Representatives
- Where that identifier comes from
- Congress 119 — from the bill's congress.gov identifier.
- Latest action, as the source published it
- Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 18 - 15. (2026-05-21)
- Read on
Summary by the Congressional Research Service
Restoration of Employment Choice for Adults with Disabilities Act
This bill relaxes requirements that allow entities with a special wage certificate to pay subminimum wages to individuals with disabilities.
Specifically, the bill eliminates a requirement that an individual with a disability who is age 24 or younger receive pre-employment transition services and meet specified vocational rehabilitation criteria before beginning subminimum wage work.
The bill also relaxes career counseling and service referral requirements that apply to an individual with a disability who is paid at a subminimum wage. Current law requires an entity to ensure that an individual employed at subminimum wage receives periodic career counseling, information, and referrals to other services from the designated state agency. Under the bill, this requirement is met if the employer makes a documented effort to contact the state agency for those resources on behalf of the employee, and the state agency subsequently fails to provide the counseling, information, and referrals.
Summary by the Congressional Research Service, version Introduced in House, 2026-05-12.
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