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S. 533 118th Congress Senate

Transformation to Competitive Integrated Employment Act

Official title: A bill to assist employers providing employment under special certificates issued under section 14(c) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 in transforming t… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to assist employers providing employment under special certificates issued under section 14(c) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 in transforming their business and program models to models that support people with disabilities through competitive integrated employment, to phase out the use of such special certificates, and for other purposes.

Introduced: February 27, 2023 See on congress.gov
Labor and Employment
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Feb 27, 2023
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 Latest action February 27, 2023

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Transformation to Competitive Integrated Employment Act

This bill addresses employment standards for people with disabilities.

The bill directs the Department of Labor to award grants to states and certain eligible entities to assist them in transforming their business and program models to support people with disabilities by

  • providing competitive integrated employment,
  • assisting such individuals in finding and retaining work in such employment,
  • providing integrated employment and integrated community participation and wraparound services for such individuals, and
  • ensuring that such services comply with federal regulations for individuals receiving home and community-based services.

The bill also prohibits the issuance of new special certificates that allow payment of subminimum wages to people with disabilities and phases out existing certificates over a five-year period.

The bill directs Labor's Office of Disability Employment to award grants to provide technical assistance and other strategic support to employers transitioning from special certificates to competitive integrated employment for people with disabilities.

Labor must contract with a nonprofit entity to conduct an evaluation of the impact of these transitions.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 1263 Transformation to Competitive Integrated Employment Act
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Lobbying activity 17

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

  • RIDGE POLICY GROUP
    for NATIONAL ORGANIZATION ON DISABILITIES · New York · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
  • RIDGE POLICY GROUP
    for ASSOCIATION OF PEOPLE SUPPORTING EMPLOYMENT FIRST (APSE) · Maryland · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
  • RIDGE POLICY GROUP
    for NATIONAL ORGANIZATION ON DISABILITIES · New York · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)
  • RIDGE POLICY GROUP
    for ASSOCIATION OF PEOPLE SUPPORTING EMPLOYMENT FIRST (APSE) · Maryland · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)
  • RIDGE POLICY GROUP
    for NATIONAL ORGANIZATION ON DISABILITIES · New York · 1st Quarter 2026 (Jan 1 - Mar 31)
  • RIDGE POLICY GROUP
    for ASSOCIATION OF PEOPLE SUPPORTING EMPLOYMENT FIRST (APSE) · Maryland · 1st Quarter 2026 (Jan 1 - Mar 31)

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 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 1 Republican 2
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Blackburn, Marsha
Tennessee · Dec 13, 2023
 D
Van Hollen, Chris
Maryland · Dec 13, 2023
 R
Daines, Steve
Montana · Feb 27, 2023
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 533: Transformation to Competitive Integrated Employment Act. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-533/
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"S. 533: Transformation to Competitive Integrated Employment Act." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-533/.
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S. 533, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-533/.
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