IV 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 552 
Recognizing the importance of independent living for individuals with disabil-
ities 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 26, 2021 
Mr. HOYER (for himself, Mr. LANGEVIN, and Mr. YOUNG) submitted the fol-
lowing resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Education and 
Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infra-
structure, 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 con-
cerned 
RESOLUTION 
Recognizing the importance of independent living for individ-
uals with disabilities made possible by the Americans 
with Disabilities Act of 1990 and calling for further 
action to strengthen home and community living for indi-
viduals 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 seg-
regate individuals with disabilities, and, despite some im-
provements, such forms of discrimination against individ-
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uals with disabilities continue to be a serious and perva-
sive social problem’’; 
Whereas the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 recog-
nized the rights of individuals with disabilities to fully 
participate in their communities through independent liv-
ing, equality of opportunity, and economic self-suffi-
ciency; 
Whereas, 31 years after the enactment of the Americans with 
Disabilities Act of 1990 and 22 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 dis-
abilities continue to live in segregated institutional set-
tings because of a lack of support services; 
Whereas continued instances of segregated institutional set-
tings have hindered the inclusion of individuals with dis-
abilities in communities, schools, and workplaces, under-
mining the promise of the Americans with Disabilities 
Act of 1990; 
Whereas people with disabilities living in institutional and 
long-term care settings suffered disproportionate rates of 
infection and death during the COVID–19 pandemic, 
with data showing 60 percent of COVID–19 deaths in-
volved a person with a disability; 
Whereas people of color with disabilities experience dispropor-
tionately greater barriers to quality, accessible health 
care, education, and employment opportunities, infringing 
on the right of such people under the Americans with 
Disabilities Act of 1990 to full participation in their com-
munities; 
Whereas, 31 years after the enactment of the Americans with 
Disabilities Act of 1990, people with disabilities continue 
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