I 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4256 
To direct the Attorney General to revise certain rules under titles II and 
III of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 relating to accessible 
means of entry to pools. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 26, 2012 
Mr. MULVANEY (for himself, Mr. SCHWEIKERT, Mr. JONES, Mr. QUAYLE, 
Mrs. MYRICK, Mr. COFFMAN of Colorado, Mr. GARDNER, Mr. PENCE, 
Mr. GRAVES of Missouri, Mrs. HARTZLER, Mr. ROSS of Arkansas, Mr. 
BURTON of Indiana, Mr. GOWDY, Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, Mr. 
CAMPBELL, Mr. LATTA, Mr. AMODEI, Mr. BERG, Mr. RIBBLE, Mr. 
KELLY, Mr. HARRIS, Mr. LONG, Mr. CARTER, Mr. PAUL, Mr. POSEY, 
Mr. FLAKE, and Mr. LAMBORN) introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To direct the Attorney General to revise certain rules under 
titles II and III of the Americans with Disabilities Act 
of 1990 relating to accessible means of entry to pools. 
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 ‘‘Pool Safety and Acces-
sibility for Everyone (Pool SAFE) Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) One of the purposes of the Americans with 
Disabilities Act of 1990 is to ‘‘provide a clear and 
comprehensive national mandate for the elimination 
of discrimination against individuals with disabil-
ities.’’ 
(2) The Nation’s proper goals regarding indi-
viduals with disabilities are to ensure equality of op-
portunity and full participation for such individuals. 
(3) The Department of Justice’s revised regula-
tions for titles II and III of the Americans with Dis-
abilities Act of 1990 recognize that places of public 
accommodation should provide access to their amen-
ities to individuals with disabilities. 
(4) It is important for places of public accom-
modation to provide access to their amenities, in-
cluding pools, to individuals with disabilities. 
(5) Places of public accommodation should pro-
vide access to their amenities, including pools, in a 
reasonable, efficient, and expedient manner that ac-
counts for the interests of individuals with disabil-
ities and also considers other legitimate concerns, 
such as safety and feasibility. 
(6) As they relate to the accessibility of pools 
at places of public accommodation, the current re-
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(b) REVISION OF RULES.—Not later than 60 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney Gen-
eral shall revise section 36.304 of title 28, Code of Federal 
Regulations, and any other appropriate rules in part 36 
of such title to provide that— 
(1) a place of public accommodation or a com-
mercial facility that has a pool and uses a portable 
pool lift on request shall be in compliance with the 
requirement under such rules to provide an acces-
sible means of entry to such pool, even if installation 
of a permanent lift is readily achievable; and 
(2) a place of public accommodation or a com-
mercial facility that has more than one pool and 
uses one portable pool lift on request for all such 
pools shall be in compliance with the requirement 
under such rules to provide an accessible means of 
entry to each such pool. 
(c) POOL DEFINED.—The term ‘‘pool’’ means a 
swimming pool, wading pool, sauna, steam room, spa, 
wave pool, lazy river, sand bottom pool, other water 
amusement, or any other man-made body of water to 
which part 36 of title 28, Code of Federal Regulations, 
requires places of public accommodation and commercial 
facilities to provide an accessible means of entry. 
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