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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 10560 

To promote the provision of exercise machines and equipment, and exercise 

and fitness classes and instruction, that are accessible to individuals 

with disabilities. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

DECEMBER 24, 2024 

Mr. DESAULNIER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Education and the Workforce 

A BILL 

To promote the provision of exercise machines and equipment, and exercise and fitness classes and instruction, 

that are accessible to individuals with disabilities. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Exercise and Fitness 

5 for All Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE. 

7 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 


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1 (1) Individuals with disabilities can maintain 

2 and improve their health through appropriate phys3 ical activity. 

4 (2) According to a 2023 meta-analysis pub5 lished in the International Journal of Environmental 

6 Research and Public Health, physical exercise pro7 grams reduced depressive symptoms in adults with 

8 both intellectual and physical disabilities, while other 

9 data shows that adults with disabilities report expe10 riencing mental distress approximately five times as 

11 often as adults without disabilities. 

12 (3) In the 2018 Physical Activity Guidelines for 

13 Americans (referred to in this section as the ‘‘Guide14 lines’’), the Department of Health and Human Serv15 ices recommends that individuals with disabilities, 

16 who are able, participate in regular aerobic activity. 

17 (4) The Guidelines also recommend that adults 

18 with disabilities, who are able, do muscle strength19 ening activities of moderate or high intensity on two 

20 or more days a week, as these activities provide ad21 ditional health benefits. 

22 (5) The Guidelines recommend that when 

23 adults with disabilities are not able to meet the 

24 Guidelines, they should engage in regular physical 


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1 activity according to their abilities and avoid inac2 tivity. 

3 (6) According to a study published in the Dis4 ability and Health Journal in 2020, approximately 

5 60 percent of disabled adults with mobility chal6 lenges reported performing no aerobic activity, and 

7 those who do not perform aerobic activity are more 

8 likely than their physically active counterparts to re9 port at least one of four chronic conditions (heart 

10 disease, stroke, diabetes, or cancer). 

11 (7) Many individuals with disabilities are unable 

12 to engage in the exercises or fitness activities rec13 ommended in the Guidelines, as a study published in 

14 the American Journal of Preventive Medicine in 

15 2004 identified 178 barriers to physical activity par16 ticipation among persons with disabilities, including 

17 barriers related to the built and natural environ18 ment, economic challenges, barriers in access to 

19 equipment, and barriers related to interpretation of 

20 regulations and laws, among other challenges. 

21 (8) The failure to provide accessible exercise 

22 machines and equipment, as well as accessible exer23 cise and fitness classes and instruction, prevents 

24 people with disabilities from being full participants 

25 in their communities. 


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1 (b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this Act is— 

2 (1) to carry out the objectives of the Americans 

3 with Disabilities Act of 1990 (referred to in this sec4 tion as the ‘‘ADA’’), including providing ‘‘a clear 

5 and comprehensive national mandate for the elimi6 nation of discrimination’’ and ‘‘clear, strong, con7 sistent, enforceable standards addressing discrimina8 tion’’; and 

9 (2) specifically, to carry out those objectives by 

10 issuing guidelines and regulations for exercise or fit11 ness service providers specifying the accessible exer12 cise machines and equipment, and the accessible ex13 ercise or fitness classes and instruction, necessary to 

14 ensure that individuals with disabilities can— 

15 (A) obtain the benefits of physical activity; 

16 and 

17 (B) fully participate in the services offered 

18 by exercise or fitness service providers. 

19 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 

20 In this Act: 

21 (1) ACCESS BOARD.—The term ‘‘Access Board’’ 

22 means the Architectural and Transportation Bar23 riers Compliance Board established under section 

24 502 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 

25 792). 


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1 (2) EXERCISE MACHINES AND EQUIPMENT.— 

2 The term ‘‘exercise machines and equipment’’ means 

3 devices such as motorized treadmills, stair climbers 

4 or step machines, stationary bicycles, rowing ma5 chines, weight machines, circuit training equipment, 

6 cardiovascular equipment, strength equipment, or 

7 other similar equipment. 

8 (3) EXERCISE OR FITNESS SERVICE PRO9 VIDER.—The term ‘‘exercise or fitness service pro10 vider’’— 

11 (A) means an entity that— 

12 (i) provides exercise machines and 

13 equipment, or exercise or fitness classes or 

14 instruction, for the use of patrons; and 

15 (ii) is considered a public entity under 

16 section 201 of the Americans with Disabil17 ities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12131) or is 

18 considered a public accommodation under 

19 section 301 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 

20 12181); and 

21 (B) includes a stand-alone exercise or fit22 ness center and an exercise or fitness center 

23 within an entity such as a hotel, retirement 

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1 ondary school, or institution of higher edu2 cation. 

3 (4) INDIVIDUAL WITH A DISABILITY.—The term 

4 ‘‘individual with a disability’’ means any person with 

5 a disability as defined in section 3 of the Americans 

6 with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12102). 

7 SEC. 4. EXERCISE AND FITNESS ACCESSIBILITY GUIDE8 LINES AND REGULATIONS. 

9 (a) ESTABLISHMENT OF GUIDELINES.—Not later 

10 than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act, 

11 the Access Board shall develop and publish guidelines for 

12 exercise or fitness service providers regarding the provi13 sion of accessible exercise machines and equipment. 

14 (b) CONTENTS OF GUIDELINES.—The guidelines de15 scribed in subsection (a) shall ensure that— 

16 (1) the appropriate number of items and types 

17 of accessible exercise machines and equipment are 

18 provided by an exercise or fitness service provider; 

19 and 

20 (2) each accessible exercise machine and equip21 ment that has communications features or an inter22 face is accessible for disabled individuals through the 

23 availability of features such as closed captioning on 

24 monitors, audible output of visual content and tactile 

25 buttons for people who are blind or have low vision, 


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1 and visual indications of information conveyed audi2 bly. 

3 (c) REVIEW AND AMENDMENT.—The Access Board 

4 shall periodically review and, as appropriate, amend the 

5 guidelines, and shall issue the resulting guidelines as re6 vised guidelines. 

7 (d) REGULATIONS.— 

8 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 18 months 

9 after the Access Board issues guidelines under this 

10 section, the Attorney General shall issue regulations 

11 pursuant to section 302(a) of the Americans with 

12 Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12182) regard13 ing— 

14 (A) the provision of accessible exercise ma15 chines and equipment; and 

16 (B) the accessibility of exercise or fitness 

17 classes and instruction. 

18 (2) EQUIPMENT.—With respect to the provision 

19 of accessible exercise machines and equipment, the 

20 regulations issued pursuant to the Americans with 

21 Disabilities Act (42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.) shall be 

22 consistent with the Access Board guidelines devel23 oped pursuant to subsection (a). 

24 (3) EXERCISE OR FITNESS CLASSES AND IN25 STRUCTION.—The regulations shall— 


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1 (A) specify that service providers are re2 quired to make reasonable accommodations to 

3 ensure that exercise or fitness classes and in4 struction are accessible for people with disabil5 ities; and 

6 (B) ensure that the service provider makes 

7 available at least one employee who is able to 

8 assist individuals with disabilities in their use of 

9 accessible exercise machines and equipment. 

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