3.0.0 4595 2022-12-29T18:48:39Z 2022-12-29T18:48:39Z Senate S 2022-07-21 117 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2022-07-21T19:38:36Z 2022-07-21 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2022-07-21 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA N B001288 Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] Cory Booker D NJ 2022-07-21 True K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2022-07-21 True D000622 Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL] Tammy Duckworth D IL 2022-07-21 True B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2022-07-21 True B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2022-07-21 True W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2022-07-21 True G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2022-07-21 True P000145 Sen. Padilla, Alex [D-CA] Alex Padilla D CA 2022-07-21 True S001203 Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] Tina Smith D MN 2022-07-25 False L000174 Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] Patrick Leahy D VT 2022-08-01 False Government Operations and Politics Government Operations and Politics 00 2022-07-21 Introduced in Senate 2022-09-30T21:02:31Z Accessibility and Inclusion to Diversify Local Government Leadership Act or the AID Local Government Leadership Act

This bill establishes a community grant program for local elected or appointed officials who have disabilities.

Specifically, the Department of Labor must award grants to eligible entities in a state or associated with an Indian tribe to provide to local elected or appointed officials with disabilities reasonable accommodations needed to enable them to carry out their official work duties.

To be eligible to receive a grant an entity shall be a local government that has a local elected or appointed official with a disability who needs a reasonable accommodation to carry out official work duties for a jurisdiction that (1) is in a rural area; (2) has a population of less than 10,000; or (3) has a population of 10,000 to less than 200,000 and a poverty rate of 18% or greater.

The reasonable accommodations may include physical adaptations, specialized software, communication supports, certain devices, and transportation services.

Labor must annually report on the program's impact.

]]> AID Local Government Leadership Act Display Title AID Local Government Leadership Act Short Title(s) as Introduced AID Local Government Leadership Act Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced Accessibility and Inclusion to Diversify Local Government Leadership Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to support local governments for jurisdictions that elect or appoint a person with a disability in providing the accommodations needed for the elected or appointed official to carry out their official work duties, and to build the capacity of local governments to have consistent and adequate funding for accommodations. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2022-07-21T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s4595is/xml/BILLS-117s4595is.xml 2022-07-21 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. 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.