I 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3493 
To amend title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 to require 
an opportunity to correct an alleged violation as a precondition to com-
mencing a civil action with respect to a place of public accommodation 
or a commercial facility. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 18, 2023 
Mr. GREEN of Tennessee 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 an opportunity to correct an alleged 
violation as a precondition to commencing a civil action 
with respect to a place of public accommodation or a 
commercial facility. 
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 ‘‘ADA Improvement Act 
of 2023’’. 
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SEC. 2. OPPORTUNITY TO CORRECT AN ALLEGED VIOLA-
TION. 
Section 308(a)(1) of the Americans with Disabilities 
Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12188(a)(1)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘(1) AVAILABILITY’’ and all that 
follows through ‘‘The remedies and procedures set 
forth’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(1) AVAILABILITY OF REMEDIES AND PROCE-
DURES.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to subpara-
graphs (B) and (C), the remedies and proce-
dures set forth’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following subpara-
graphs: 
‘‘(B) OPPORTUNITY FOR CORRECTION OF 
ALLEGED
VIOLATION.—A State or Federal 
court shall not have jurisdiction in a civil action 
filed with the court under subparagraph (A), or 
under a provision of State law that conditions 
a violation of any of its provisions on a violation 
of this Act, unless— 
‘‘(i) before filing the complaint, the 
plaintiff provided to the defendant written 
notice of the alleged violation, and the no-
tice was provided by registered mail; 
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‘‘(ii) the notice identified the specific 
facts that constitute the alleged violation, 
including identification of the location at 
which the violation occurred and the date 
on which the violation occurred; 
‘‘(iii) 30 or more days has elapsed 
after the date on which such notice was 
provided; 
‘‘(iv) the notice informed the defend-
ant that the civil action could not be com-
menced until the expiration of such 30-day 
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. 
‘‘(C) 
EXCEPTIONS.—Subparagraph 
(B) 
shall not apply to— 
‘‘(i) civil actions brought under Rule 
65 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 
requesting preliminary injunctive relief or 
temporary restraining orders; or 
‘‘(ii) civil actions brought under State 
or local court rules requesting preliminary 
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injunctive relief or temporary restraining 
orders.’’. 
Æ 
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