[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 328 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 328

      Honoring the life, legacy, and achievements of Marca Bristo.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 24, 2019

Ms. Duckworth (for herself, Mr. Durbin, and Mr. Menendez) submitted the 
        following resolution; which was considered and agreed to

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                               RESOLUTION


 
      Honoring the life, legacy, and achievements of Marca Bristo.

Whereas Marca Bristo was born on June 23, 1953, in Albany, New York, and earned 
        a bachelor's degree in sociology from Beloit College in Beloit, 
        Wisconsin, and a bachelor's degree in nursing from Rush University in 
        Chicago, Illinois;
Whereas Marca Bristo became paralyzed from the chest down after a diving 
        accident at age 23;
Whereas Marca Bristo founded Access Living, one of the leading disability rights 
        and service organizations in the United States, in 1980, and advised and 
        mentored disability, political, civic, and business leaders in Chicago, 
        in the State of Illinois, and across the United States for almost four 
        decades while growing the global influence of Access Living as a model 
        for disability-led advocacy and peer support;
Whereas Marca Bristo co-founded the National Council on Independent Living in 
        1983;
Whereas Marca Bristo played a critical role in the passage of the Civil Rights 
        Restoration Act of 1987 (Public Law 100-259; 102 Stat. 28), the Fair 
        Housing Amendments Act of 1988 (Public Law 100-430; 102 Stat. 1619), the 
        Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.), and 
        the ADA Amendments Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-325; 122 Stat. 3553);
Whereas Marca Bristo received the Distinguished Service Award of the President 
        of the United States in 1992;
Whereas, in 1994, President Bill Clinton appointed Marca Bristo to serve as 
        chairperson on the National Council on Disability, making Bristo the 
        first person with a disability to serve in that role, which she held 
        until 2002;
Whereas Marca Bristo--

    (1) served as Vice President of North America for Rehabilitation 
International;

    (2) participated in the negotiation sessions for the Convention on the 
Rights of Persons with Disabilities, which the United Nations adopted in 
2006; and

    (3) worked tirelessly in 2012 and 2014 for ratification of the 
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; and

Whereas Marca Bristo dedicated her life to the principle that all people with 
        disabilities deserve social inclusion and the right to determine their 
        own life choices: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the Senate honors the life, legacy, and achievements 
of Marca Bristo, one of the leading advocates in the United States for 
people with disabilities.
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