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115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3571 
To amend title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 to require 
a plaintiff to provide a defendant with an opportunity to correct a 
violation of such title voluntarily before the plaintiff may commence 
a civil action, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 28, 2017 
Ms. CASTOR of Florida introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act 
of 1990 to require a plaintiff to provide a defendant 
with an opportunity to correct a violation of such title 
voluntarily before the plaintiff may commence a civil 
action, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Reasonable ADA Com-
pliance Act of 2017’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
The Congress finds as follows: 
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(1) The ADA has been one of the most signifi-
cant and effective civil rights laws passed by Con-
gress. 
(2) The ADA requires that State and local gov-
ernmental entities accommodate qualified individuals 
with disabilities. 
(3) The ADA requires a place of public accom-
modation to take reasonable steps to ensure that the 
goods and services it provides are accessible to indi-
viduals with disabilities. 
SEC. 3. OPPORTUNITY TO CORRECT ALLEGED VIOLATION 
AS CONDITION ON COMMENCING CIVIL AC-
TION. 
Section 308(a) of the Americans with Disabilities Act 
of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12188(a)) is amended by adding at 
the end the following: 
‘‘(3) OPPORTUNITY TO CORRECT ALLEGED VIO-
LATION.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—A State or Federal 
court shall not have jurisdiction in a civil action 
that a plaintiff commences under paragraph 
(1), or under a State law that conditions a vio-
lation of any of its provisions on a violation of 
this title, unless— 
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‘‘(i) before filing a complaint alleging 
a violation of this title or such a State law, 
the plaintiff provides the defendant with a 
written notice of the alleged violation by 
registered mail; 
‘‘(ii) the written notice identifies the 
facts that constitute the alleged violation, 
including the location where and the date 
on which the alleged violation occurred; 
‘‘(iii) a remedial period of 120 days 
elapses after the date on which the plain-
tiff provides the written notice; 
‘‘(iv) the written notice informs the 
defendant that the plaintiff is barred from 
filing the complaint until the end of the re-
medial period; and 
‘‘(v) the complaint states that, as of 
the date on which the complaint is filed, 
the defendant has not corrected the alleged 
violation. 
‘‘(B) EXTENSION OF REMEDIAL PERIOD.— 
The court may extend the remedial period by 
not more than 30 days if the defendant applies 
for such an extension.’’. 
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