I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4771 
To assist employers providing employment under special certificates issued 
under section 14(c) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 in trans-
forming their business and program models to models that support indi-
viduals with disabilities through competitive integrated employment, to 
phase out the use of such special certificates, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 25, 2025 
Mr. SCOTT of Virginia (for himself and Mr. SESSIONS) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Work-
force 
A BILL 
To assist employers providing employment under special cer-
tificates issued under section 14(c) of the Fair Labor 
Standards Act of 1938 in transforming their business 
and program models to models that support individuals 
with disabilities through competitive integrated employ-
ment, to phase out the use of such special certificates, 
and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Transformation to 
Competitive Integrated Employment Act’’. 
SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
Sec. 1. Short title. 
Sec. 2. Table of contents. 
Sec. 3. Purposes. 
TITLE I—COMPETITIVE INTEGRATED EMPLOYMENT 
TRANSFORMATION GRANT PROGRAMS 
Sec. 101. Program authorized. 
Sec. 102. State grant program. 
Sec. 103. Certificate holder grant program. 
TITLE II—PHASE OUT OF SPECIAL CERTIFICATES UNDER 
SECTION 14(C) OF THE FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT OF 1938 
Sec. 201. Transition to fair wages for individuals with disabilities. 
Sec. 202. Prohibition on new special certificates; sunset. 
TITLE III—TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND DISSEMINATION 
Sec. 301. Technical Assistance and dissemination. 
TITLE IV—REPORTING AND EVALUATION 
Sec. 401. Impact evaluation and reporting. 
Sec. 402. Wage and hour reports. 
TITLE V—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
Sec. 501. Definitions. 
Sec. 502. Authorization of appropriations. 
SEC. 3. PURPOSES. 
The purposes of this Act are to— 
(1) assist employers with special certificates 
issued under section 14(c) of the Fair Labor Stand-
ards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 214(c)) to transform 
their business and program operations to models 
that support individuals with disabilities to find and 
retain work in competitive integrated employment; 
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(2) ensure individuals with disabilities, families 
of such individuals, State and local governments, 
and other stakeholders are involved in the trans-
formations described in paragraph (1); 
(3) ensure individuals employed in programs 
using such special certificates transition to competi-
tive integrated employment positions and, as needed, 
to integrated services that support them in their 
homes and in community settings; 
(4) identify models and processes for shifting 
business and program models from such special cer-
tificates to competitive integrated employment mod-
els and integrated community participation and 
wraparound services, and to share that information 
with other such special certificate holders, State and 
local entities, and other service providers for individ-
uals with disabilities; and 
(5) support States and local governments as 
they revise and implement their Olmstead plans and 
local plans, respectively, in order to improve com-
petitive integrated employment outcomes for individ-
uals with disabilities through all State workforce de-
velopment systems. 
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