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116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 1066 

Recognizing the importance of independent living for individuals with disabilities made possible by the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 

and calling for further action to strengthen home and community living 

for individuals with disabilities. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 24, 2020 

Mr. HOYER (for himself and Mr. LANGEVIN) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and 

in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, the 

Judiciary, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently 

determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

RESOLUTION 

Recognizing the importance of independent living for individuals with disabilities made possible by the Americans 

with Disabilities Act of 1990 and calling for further 

action to strengthen home and community living for individuals with disabilities. 

Whereas, in enacting the Americans with Disabilities Act of 

1990 (42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.), Congress recognized 

that ‘‘historically, society has tended to isolate and segregate individuals with disabilities, and, despite some improvements, such forms of discrimination against individVerDate Sep 11 2014 22:37 Jul 24, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6300 E:\BILLS\HR1066.IH HR1066

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uals with disabilities continue to be a serious and pervasive social problem’’; 

Whereas the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 recognized the rights of individuals with disabilities to fully 

participate in their communities through independent living, equitable opportunities, and economic self-sufficiency; 

Whereas Congress intended that the integration mandate 

under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 would 

ensure that individuals who are eligible for institutional 

placement are able to exercise their rights to communitybased long-term services and supports and be free of discrimination in the form of institutionalization; 

Whereas, 30 years after the enactment of the Americans with 

Disabilities Act of 1990 and 21 years after the decision 

of the Supreme Court of the United States in Olmstead 

v. L.C., 527 U.S. 581 (1999), many individuals with disabilities continue to live in segregated institutional settings because of a lack of support services, which violates 

their right to community living; 

Whereas the continued prevalence of segregated institutional 

settings has hindered the inclusion of individuals with 

disabilities in communities, schools, and workplaces, undermining the promise of the Americans with Disabilities 

Act of 1990; 

Whereas people of color with disabilities experience disproportionately greater barriers to service and access; 

Whereas, 30 years after the enactment of the Americans with 

Disabilities Act of 1990, telecommunication, electronic, 

and information technologies continue to be developed 


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without the goal of full accessibility and inclusion for all 

people of the United States; and 

Whereas, 30 years after the enactment of the Americans with 

Disabilities Act of 1990, many businesses, public and private organizations, transportation systems, and services 

are still not accessible to individuals with disabilities: 

Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 

2 (1) recognizes the importance of independent 

3 living for individuals with disabilities made possible 

4 by the enactment of the Americans with Disabilities 

5 Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.); 

6 (2) encourages all people of the United States 

7 to celebrate the advancement of inclusion and equi8 table opportunities made possible by the enactment 

9 of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990; 

10 (3) pledges to continue to work on a bipartisan 

11 basis to identify and address the remaining barriers 

12 that undermine the national goals of equality of op13 portunity, independent living, economic self-suffi14 ciency, and full participation for individuals with dis15 abilities, including by focusing on individuals with 

16 disabilities that remain segregated in institutions; 

17 (4) pledges to work with States to increase ac18 cess to home- and community-based services for in19 dividuals with disabilities; and 


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1 (5) calls on the Department of Health and 

2 Human Services to provide information, resources, 

3 and technical assistance regarding home- and com4 munity-based services and supports that enable indi5 viduals with disabilities to live independently. 

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