Windsheild Wiper Bar?

I was inspecting under my dash last night and noticed a bar that appears to be bolted to something way up on the driver's side and extends to the windshield wiper motor, but it's not hooked up to anything. It appears that it should hook up to the back of the windshild wiper motor. I noticed that wipers do not park themselves back in the down down position and I'm starting to think that this mysterious bar is probably the culprit.