REHABILITATION ACT

Bills and resolutions

Disabled: authorize grants to establish national education protection and advocacy program to enforce certain rights and protections (see H.R. 4481), H3170 [6JY]

——— recognize anniversary and importance for lives of individuals with disabilities and call for further action to advance access, opportunity, and equity for such individuals (see S. Res. 361), S4678 [26SE]

Employment: clarify appropriate standards for Federal employment age discrimination and retaliation claims (see S. 1030), S1052 [29MR] (see H.R. 6581), H6110 [4DE]

——— clarify definition of competitive integrated employment (see H.R. 553), H427 [26JA]

——— clarify definition of competitive integrated employment relative to disabled workers (see S. 2475), S3522 [25JY]

——— ensure workplace choice and opportunity for young adults with disabilities (see H.R. 1296), H1048 [1MR]

——— extend Federal antidiscrimination protections to individuals who perform work for employers as independent contractors (see H.R. 5348), H4222 [5SE]

Federal agencies and departments: require to have compliance officers to ensure each department or agency is meeting requirements relative to disabled access to electronic information and data (see S. 2910), S4654 [21SE]

Remarks in House

Employment: extend Federal antidiscrimination protections to individuals who perform work for employers as independent contractors (H.R. 5348), E810 [5SE]

Remarks in Senate

Disabled: recognize anniversary and importance for lives of individuals with disabilities and call for further action to advance access, opportunity, and equity for such individuals (S. Res. 361), S4676 [26SE]

Texts of

S. Res. 361, recognize anniversary of Rehabilitation Act and its importance for lives of individuals with disabilities and call for further action to advance access, opportunity, and equity for such individuals, S4682 [26SE]