Restoration of Employment Choice for Adults with Disabilities Act

Current understanding

To be populated as evidence accumulates.

2026-05-21 — Restoration of Employment Choice for Adults with Disabilities Act: cross-connection with disability-employment-choice-subminimum-wage: The Restoration of Employment Choice bill is a concrete legislative vehicle relaxing the subminimum-wage certificate framework tracked on the broader disability employment protections page. (novelty: 3)
2025-07-25 — Transformation to Competitive Integrated Employment Act: cross-connection with transformation-to-competitive-integrated-employment-act: Both bills address the future of Section 14© subminimum-wage certificates and sheltered workshops for workers with disabilities, but from opposing directions — HR4771 phases them out in favor of competitive integrated employment, while the Restoration of Employment Choice Act preserves them as an option. (novelty: 2)
2026-07-15 — Restoration of Employment Choice for Adults with Disabilities Act: S4984 (Restoration of Employment Choice for Adults with Disabilities Act) introduced in the Senate and referred to the HELP Committee; bill framed as expanding employment choice and related rights for adults with disabilities, with contested debate over whether ‘employment choice’ includes preserving 14© subminimum-wage sheltered workshop options alongside competitive integrated employment. (novelty: 3)