3.0.0 3880 2023-01-11T13:46:18Z 2023-01-11T13:46:18Z Senate S 2020-06-03 116 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2020-06-03T21:40:13Z Office of International Disability Rights Act 116 3373 HR 2019-12-18 Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. Related bill CRS 2020-06-03 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. IntroReferral 2020-06-03 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA N D000622 Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL] Tammy Duckworth D IL 2020-06-03 True C001088 Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] Christopher Coons D DE A. 2020-06-03 True D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2020-06-03 True International Affairs Conflicts and wars Congressional oversight Department of State Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad Disability and paralysis Disaster relief and insurance Employee hiring Executive agency funding and structure Federal officials Foreign aid and international relief Government buildings, facilities, and property Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Government information and archives Human rights International organizations and cooperation Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations International Affairs 00 2020-06-03 Introduced in Senate 2021-01-04T15:30:53Z Office of International Disability Rights Act

This bill establishes disability inclusion measures at the Department of State, including the creation of the Office of International Disability Rights.

Specifically, the bill establishes the Office of International Disability Rights, which shall coordinate U.S. efforts regarding human rights for people with disabilities and advance the status of people with disabilities in U.S. foreign policy. The bill also requires the State Department to develop and adopt a formal policy for disability inclusion in U.S. foreign assistance programming and disaster response programming.

The State Department must take specified steps to prioritize accessibility practices when hiring, recruiting, and assigning civil service employees and foreign service officers with disabilities. Further, the State Department must ensure that embassies, consulates, and their services are accessible to people with disabilities.

Additionally, the State Department must require mandatory disability inclusion training for all civil service and foreign service personnel, which shall include country-specific and cultural considerations.

]]> Office of International Disability Rights Act Display Title Office of International Disability Rights Act Short Title(s) as Introduced Office of International Disability Rights Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to establish the Office of International Disability Rights, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2020-06-03T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s3880is/xml/BILLS-116s3880is.xml 2020-06-03 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.