[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1041 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1041

   To amend section 5314 of title 49, United States Code, to assist 
     compliance with the transit provisions of the Americans with 
                       Disabilities Act of 1990.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 21, 1997

   Mr. Kerry introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
    referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend section 5314 of title 49, United States Code, to assist 
     compliance with the transit provisions of the Americans with 
                       Disabilities Act of 1990.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Accessible Transportation Act of 
1997''.

SEC. 2. ASSISTING COMPLIANCE WITH THE TRANSIT PROVISIONS OF THE 
              AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT.

    (a) In General.--Section 5314(a)(2) of title 49, United States 
Code, is amended by striking ``$2,000,000'' and inserting ``$3,000,000 
in each fiscal year''.
    (b) Reauthorization.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
not less than $3,000,000 is authorized to be appropriated from the Mass 
Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund for each of fiscal years 1998 
through 2002 for the Secretary of Transportation to carry out section 
5314(a) of title 49, United States Code.
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