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117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. RES. 714 

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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 20, 2022 

Mr. CASEY (for himself, Mrs. MURRAY, Mr. MARKEY, Ms. WARREN, Mr. 

KAINE, Ms. BALDWIN, Mr. MENENDEZ, Ms. STABENOW, Mr. SANDERS, 

Mr. PADILLA, Mr. LEAHY, Mr. KING, Ms. SMITH, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mr. 

REED, Mr. BENNET, Ms. HASSAN, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Mr. WYDEN, Mr. 

CARDIN, Mr. HICKENLOOPER, Mr. MURPHY, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Mr. 

BROWN, Mr. WHITEHOUSE, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Mr. MERKLEY, Mr. 

LUJA ́N, Ms. CANTWELL, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, Ms. DUCKWORTH, Mr. 

PETERS, Mr. WARNOCK, Ms. HIRONO, Mr. BOOKER, and Mr. DURBIN) 

submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee 

on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions 

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 imVerDate Sep 11 2014 01:28 Jul 21, 2022 Jkt 029200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6300 E:\BILLS\SR714.IS SR714

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provements, such forms of discrimination against individuals with disabilities continue to be a serious and pervasive social problem’’; 

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

participate in their communities through independent living, equality of opportunity, and economic self-sufficiency; 

Whereas 32 years after the date of the enactment of the 

Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and 23 years 

after the date of 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; 

Whereas the continuation 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 individuals with disabilities living in institutional 

and long-term care settings have endured disproportionate rates of infection and death during the COVID– 

19 pandemic; 

Whereas individuals of color with disabilities have been disparately affected by the COVID–19 pandemic; 

Whereas individuals of color with disabilities experience disproportionately greater barriers to high quality and accessible healthcare, education, and employment opportunities, infringing on their right to fully participate in 


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their communities under the Americans with Disabilities 

Act of 1990; and 

Whereas 32 years after the date of the enactment of the 

Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990— 

(1) women with disabilities continue to regularly 

face barriers to reproductive healthcare, including inaccessible and inequitable services; 

(2) individuals with disabilities continue to face 

higher rates of unemployment and barriers to accessible 

workplaces and lack equitable access to competitive integrated employment opportunities; 

(3) nearly a quarter of the population of individuals 

with disabilities live below the poverty line; 

(4) some telecommunication, electronic, and information technologies continue to be developed without the 

goal of making those technologies fully accessible for all 

people of the United States; and 

(5) many businesses, public and private organizations, transportation systems, and services remain inaccessible to many individuals with disabilities: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the Senate— 

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 the people of the United States 

7 to celebrate the advancement of inclusion and equal8 ity of opportunity made possible by the enactment of 

9 the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990; 


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

2 basis to identify and address the remaining barriers 

3 that undermine the national goals of equality of op4 portunity, independent living, economic self-suffi5 ciency, and full participation for individuals with dis6 abilities, including by focusing on individuals with 

7 disabilities that remain segregated in institutions; 

8 (4) pledges to work with States to improve ac9 cess to home and community based services for indi10 viduals with disabilities; 

11 (5) calls on the Department of Labor to develop 

12 policies and practices and provide technical assist13 ance that enable individuals with disabilities to be14 come economically self-sufficient; 

15 (6) calls on the Department of Health and 

16 Human Services to provide information, resources, 

17 and technical assistance related to home and com18 munity based services and to enable individuals with 

19 disabilities to live independently; 

20 (7) calls on the Department of Housing and 

21 Urban Development to provide accessible and inclu22 sive homes and communities that increase the op23 tions available for accessible, inclusive, and equitable 

24 housing for individuals with disabilities; and 


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1 (8) calls on the Department of Transportation 

2 to create accessible transit and airports and increase 

3 the hiring, promotion, and retention of individuals 

4 with disabilities in the transportation workforce. 

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