AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT related term(s) Disabled

Amendments

Amtrak: install baby changing tables in all Americans With Disabilities Act-accessible bathrooms on passenger rail cars (S. 71), S2204 [11MY]

Bills and resolutions

Dept. of Education: authorize grants to establish national education protection and advocacy program to enforce certain rights and protections for students with disabilities (see H.R. 8073), H2710 [25MR]

——— provide students with disabilities and their families with access to critical information needed to select right college and succeed once enrolled (see S. 3589), S89 [7JA]

Dept. of Justice: require exhaustion of administrative remedies for certain Americans With Disabilities Act claims relative to website or mobile app compliance (see H.R. 7328), H1975 [3FE]

Disability Pride Month: designate (see H. Res. 1463), H5203 [27JY]

Disabled: clarify and strengthen integration mandate for individuals with disabilities who need long-term services and supports (see S. 4865), S3058 [23JN] (see H.R. 9401), H4206 [23JN]

——— condemn Dept. of Justice legal opinion regarding Olmstead v. L.C., Supreme Court decision that recognized institutional isolation of people with disabilities as discrimination under Americans With Disabilities Act (see H. Res. 1469), H5213 [3AU]

——— recognize importance of independent living and economic self-sufficiency for individuals with disabilities and strengthen and expand opportunities to participate in work and community life (see S. Res. 814), S4266 [23JY] (see H. Res. 1452), H5197 [23JY]

Disasters: ensure that older adults and individuals with disabilities are prepared for disasters (see S. 3628), S162 [13JA] (see H.R. 7029), H717 [13JA]

Employment: extend Federal antidiscrimination protections to individuals who perform work for employers as independent contractors (see H.R. 10035), H5213 [3AU]

Government regulations: promote compliance through education, clarify requirements for demand letters, and provide for notice and cure period before commencement of private civil action (see H.R. 8396), H3044 [21AP]

Legislative branch of the Government: enhance enforcement authority for occupational safety and health protections and provide whistleblower and other antidiscrimination protections for employees (see H.R. 9967), H5202 [27JY]

Public buildings: recognize need to improve physical access to many federally funded facilities for all people and in particular disabled citizens (see H. Con. Res. 112), H4544 [15JY]

Supreme Court: anniversary of Olmstead v. L.C. affirming right of disabled individuals to live in community settings rather than in institutions (see S. Res. 790), S3202 [24JN]

Technology: include privately owned or operated consumer facing websites and mobile applications and establish web accessibility compliance standards for such websites and applications (see H.R. 9539), H4363 [30JN]

Remarks in House

Anniversary, H4328 [30JN], H4685, H4687 [21JY], H5191 [23JY]

Dept. of Justice: release of memo on application of Rehabilitation Act and Americans With Disabilities Act to State institutionalization of patients with severe mental illness or disabilities, H4267 [29JN]

Disability Pride Month: observance, H4328 [30JN], H4685 [21JY], H5191 [23JY]

Employment: extend Federal antidiscrimination protections to individuals who perform work for employers as independent contractors (H.R. 10035), E766 [3AU], E775 [6AU]

Legislative branch of the Government: enhance enforcement authority for occupational safety and health protections and provide whistleblower and other antidiscrimination protections for employees (H.R. 9967), E745 [27JY]

Remarks in Senate

Amtrak: install baby changing tables in all Americans With Disabilities Act-accessible bathrooms on passenger rail cars (S. 71), S2204 [11MY]

Reports filed

Baby Changing on Board Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 71) (S. Rept. 119–118), S1935 [22AP]

Respond, Innovate, Succeed, and Empower (RISE) Act: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 3589), S4474 [5AU]

Texts of

S. 71, Baby Changing on Board Act, S2204 [11MY]

S. Res. 790, Supreme Court decision in Olmstead v. L.C. affirming right of disabled individuals to live in community settings rather than in institutions anniversary, S3216 [24JN]

S. Res. 814, recognize importance of independent living and economic self-sufficiency for individuals with disabilities and strengthen and expand opportunities to participate in work and community life, S4270 [23JY]