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116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8341 
To amend the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 to clarify the definition of 
competitive integrated employment. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 22, 2020 
Mr. GROTHMAN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Education and Labor 
A BILL 
To amend the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 to clarify the 
definition of competitive integrated employment. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Workplace Choice and 
Flexibility for Individuals with Disabilities Act’’. 
SEC. 2. CLARIFICATION OF DEFINITION OF COMPETITIVE 
INTEGRATED EMPLOYMENT. 
Section 7(5) of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 
U.S.C. 705) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (B)— 
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(A) by striking ‘‘not including’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘including social and interpersonal inter-
actions with colleagues, vendors, customers, su-
periors, or other such persons who the employee 
may come into contact with during the work 
day and across workplace settings, other than’’; 
(B) by inserting before the semicolon at 
the end the following: ‘‘, except that such inter-
actions shall not be considered solely at the 
work unit level’’; and 
(C) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(2) by striking the period at the end of sub-
paragraph (C) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(D) for which an individual may have 
been paid— 
‘‘(i) by a contractor— 
‘‘(I) 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 disabilities; or 
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‘‘(II) of a State government 
under a contract with the State gov-
ernment for which priority was given 
to the contractor on the basis of the 
bid of the contractor involving sup-
porting employment for individuals 
with disabilities; 
‘‘(ii) by a subcontractor at any tier of 
a contractor— 
‘‘(I) 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 disabilities; or 
‘‘(II) 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 disabilities; or 
‘‘(iii) under a contract mandating di-
rect labor-hour ratio of individuals with 
disabilities.’’. 
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SEC. 3. 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 entity. 
SEC. 4. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
It is the sense of Congress that jobs meeting the defi-
nition in section 7(5)(B) of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 
(29 U.S.C. 705), and which derive from Federal or State 
contracts managed by community rehabilitation programs 
for the purposes of supporting employment for people with 
disabilities, shall be eligible to be considered— 
(1) part of the competitive labor market; and 
(2) an employment outcome for State vocational 
rehabilitation purposes. 
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