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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7668 

To amend the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 to provide for a 

remediation period before the commencement of a civil action. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 13, 2024 

Mr. LAWLER (for himself and Mr. CORREA) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To amend the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 to 

provide for a remediation period before the commencement of a civil action. 

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 ‘‘ADA 30 Days to Com5 ply Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. NOTICE AND CURE PERIOD. 

7 Paragraph (1) of section 308(a) of the Americans 

8 with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12188(a)(1)) is 

9 amended to read as follows: 


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1 ‘‘(1) AVAILABILITY OF REMEDIES AND PROCE2 DURES.— 

3 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subpara4 graph (B), the remedies and procedures set 

5 forth in section 204(a) of the Civil Rights Act 

6 of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000a–3(a)) are the rem7 edies and procedures this title provides to any 

8 person who is being subjected to discrimination 

9 on the basis of disability in violation of this title 

10 or who has reasonable grounds for believing 

11 that such person is about to be subjected to dis12 crimination in violation of section 303. Nothing 

13 in this section shall require a person with a dis14 ability to engage in a futile gesture if such per15 son has actual notice that a person or organiza16 tion covered by this title does not intend to 

17 comply with its provisions. 

18 ‘‘(B) BARRIERS TO ACCESS TO EXISTING

19 PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONS.—A civil action 

20 under section 302 or 303 based on the failure 

21 to remove an architectural barrier to access into 

22 an existing public accommodation may not be 

23 commenced by a person aggrieved by such fail24 ure unless— 


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1 ‘‘(i) that person has provided to the 

2 owner or operator of the accommodation a 

3 written notice specific enough to allow such 

4 owner or operator to identify the barrier; 

5 and 

6 ‘‘(ii)(I) during the period beginning on 

7 the date the notice is received and ending 

8 30 days after that date, the owner or oper9 ator fails to provide to that person a writ10 ten description outlining improvements 

11 that will be made to remove the barrier; or 

12 ‘‘(II) if the owner or operator provides 

13 the written description under subclause (I), 

14 the owner or operator fails to remove the 

15 barrier or, in the case of a barrier, the re16 moval of which requires additional time as 

17 a result of circumstances beyond the con18 trol of the owner or operator, fails to make 

19 substantial progress in removing the bar20 rier during the period beginning on the 

21 date the description is provided and ending 

22 30 days after that date. 

23 ‘‘(C) SPECIFICATION OF DETAILS OF AL24 LEGED VIOLATION.—The written notice re25 quired under subparagraph (B) must also speciVerDate Sep 11 2014 07:26 Mar 20, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7668.IH H7668

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1 fy in detail the circumstances under which an 

2 individual was actually denied access to a public 

3 accommodation, including the address of prop4 erty, whether a request for assistance in remov5 ing an architectural barrier to access was made, 

6 and whether the barrier to access was a perma7 nent or temporary barrier. 

8 ‘‘(D) NOTICE SPECIFIC ENOUGH.—For 

9 purposes of this paragraph, the term ‘notice 

10 specific enough’ means notice that allows such 

11 owner or operator to identify the barrier to ac12 cess in question.’’. 

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