[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3219 Introduced in House (IH)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3219

  To amend title 39, United States Code, to provide that post offices 
 shall comply with public accommodation standards under the Americans 
         with Disabilities Act of 1990, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 27, 2015

Mr. Cicilline introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
              Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend title 39, United States Code, to provide that post offices 
 shall comply with public accommodation standards under the Americans 
         with Disabilities Act of 1990, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. POST OFFICES AND AMERICANS WITH DISABILITY ACT STANDARDS.

    (a) In General.--Section 410(b) of title 39, United States Code, is 
amended--
            (1) in paragraph (8), by inserting ``consistent with 
        paragraph (12),'' before ``the provisions'';
            (2) in paragraph (10), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (3) in paragraph (11), by striking the period at the end 
        and inserting ``; and''; and
            (4) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(12) with respect to any post office, the requirements of 
        title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 
        U.S.C. 12101 et seq.) as if such post office was a public 
        accommodation under such title.''.
    (b) Application.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall apply 
to any post office established before, on, or after the date of 
enactment of this Act.
    (c) Deadline for Compliance.--Any post office covered by section 
410(b)(12) of title 39, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), 
shall comply with the requirements of such section not later than the 
date that is 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act.
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