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118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION H. R. 10560 
To promote the provision of exercise machines and equipment, and exercise 
and fitness classes and instruction, that are accessible to individuals 
with disabilities. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 24, 2024 
Mr. DESAULNIER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Education and the Workforce 
A BILL 
To promote the provision of exercise machines and equip-
ment, and exercise and fitness classes and instruction, 
that are accessible to individuals with disabilities. 
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 ‘‘Exercise and Fitness 
for All Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
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(1) Individuals with disabilities can maintain 
and improve their health through appropriate phys-
ical activity. 
(2) According to a 2023 meta-analysis pub-
lished in the International Journal of Environmental 
Research and Public Health, physical exercise pro-
grams reduced depressive symptoms in adults with 
both intellectual and physical disabilities, while other 
data shows that adults with disabilities report expe-
riencing mental distress approximately five times as 
often as adults without disabilities. 
(3) In the 2018 Physical Activity Guidelines for 
Americans (referred to in this section as the ‘‘Guide-
lines’’), the Department of Health and Human Serv-
ices recommends that individuals with disabilities, 
who are able, participate in regular aerobic activity. 
(4) The Guidelines also recommend that adults 
with disabilities, who are able, do muscle strength-
ening activities of moderate or high intensity on two 
or more days a week, as these activities provide ad-
ditional health benefits. 
(5) The Guidelines recommend that when 
adults with disabilities are not able to meet the 
Guidelines, they should engage in regular physical 
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activity according to their abilities and avoid inac-
tivity. 
(6) According to a study published in the Dis-
ability and Health Journal in 2020, approximately 
60 percent of disabled adults with mobility chal-
lenges reported performing no aerobic activity, and 
those who do not perform aerobic activity are more 
likely than their physically active counterparts to re-
port at least one of four chronic conditions (heart 
disease, stroke, diabetes, or cancer). 
(7) Many individuals with disabilities are unable 
to engage in the exercises or fitness activities rec-
ommended in the Guidelines, as a study published in 
the American Journal of Preventive Medicine in 
2004 identified 178 barriers to physical activity par-
ticipation among persons with disabilities, including 
barriers related to the built and natural environ-
ment, economic challenges, barriers in access to 
equipment, and barriers related to interpretation of 
regulations and laws, among other challenges. 
(8) The failure to provide accessible exercise 
machines and equipment, as well as accessible exer-
cise and fitness classes and instruction, prevents 
people with disabilities from being full participants 
in their communities. 
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(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this Act is— 
(1) to carry out the objectives of the Americans 
with Disabilities Act of 1990 (referred to in this sec-
tion as the ‘‘ADA’’), including providing ‘‘a clear 
and comprehensive national mandate for the elimi-
nation of discrimination’’ and ‘‘clear, strong, con-
sistent, enforceable standards addressing discrimina-
tion’’; and 
(2) specifically, to carry out those objectives by 
issuing guidelines and regulations for exercise or fit-
ness service providers specifying the accessible exer-
cise machines and equipment, and the accessible ex-
ercise or fitness classes and instruction, necessary to 
ensure that individuals with disabilities can— 
(A) obtain the benefits of physical activity; 
and 
(B) fully participate in the services offered 
by exercise or fitness service providers. 
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) ACCESS BOARD.—The term ‘‘Access Board’’ 
means the Architectural and Transportation Bar-
riers Compliance Board established under section 
502 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 
792). 
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(2) EXERCISE MACHINES AND EQUIPMENT.— 
The term ‘‘exercise machines and equipment’’ means 
devices such as motorized treadmills, stair climbers 
or step machines, stationary bicycles, rowing ma-
chines, weight machines, circuit training equipment, 
cardiovascular equipment, strength equipment, or 
other similar equipment. 
(3) EXERCISE
OR
FITNESS
SERVICE
PRO-
VIDER.—The term ‘‘exercise or fitness service pro-
vider’’— 
(A) means an entity that— 
(i) provides exercise machines and 
equipment, or exercise or fitness classes or 
instruction, for the use of patrons; and 
(ii) is considered a public entity under 
section 201 of the Americans with Disabil-
ities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12131) or is 
considered a public accommodation under 
section 301 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
12181); and 
(B) includes a stand-alone exercise or fit-
ness center and an exercise or fitness center 
within an entity such as a hotel, retirement 
community, gymnasium, elementary or sec-
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ondary school, or institution of higher edu-
cation. 
(4) INDIVIDUAL WITH A DISABILITY.—The term 
‘‘individual with a disability’’ means any person with 
a disability as defined in section 3 of the Americans 
with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12102). 
SEC. 4. EXERCISE AND FITNESS ACCESSIBILITY GUIDE-
LINES AND REGULATIONS. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT
OF GUIDELINES.—Not later 
than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act, 
the Access Board shall develop and publish guidelines for 
exercise or fitness service providers regarding the provi-
sion of accessible exercise machines and equipment. 
(b) CONTENTS OF GUIDELINES.—The guidelines de-
scribed in subsection (a) shall ensure that— 
(1) the appropriate number of items and types 
of accessible exercise machines and equipment are 
provided by an exercise or fitness service provider; 
and 
(2) each accessible exercise machine and equip-
ment that has communications features or an inter-
face is accessible for disabled individuals through the 
availability of features such as closed captioning on 
monitors, audible output of visual content and tactile 
buttons for people who are blind or have low vision, 
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and visual indications of information conveyed audi-
bly. 
(c) REVIEW AND AMENDMENT.—The Access Board 
shall periodically review and, as appropriate, amend the 
guidelines, and shall issue the resulting guidelines as re-
vised guidelines. 
(d) REGULATIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 18 months 
after the Access Board issues guidelines under this 
section, the Attorney General shall issue regulations 
pursuant to section 302(a) of the Americans with 
Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12182) regard-
ing— 
(A) the provision of accessible exercise ma-
chines and equipment; and 
(B) the accessibility of exercise or fitness 
classes and instruction. 
(2) EQUIPMENT.—With respect to the provision 
of accessible exercise machines and equipment, the 
regulations issued pursuant to the Americans with 
Disabilities Act (42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.) shall be 
consistent with the Access Board guidelines devel-
oped pursuant to subsection (a). 
(3) EXERCISE OR FITNESS CLASSES AND IN-
STRUCTION.—The regulations shall— 
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(A) specify that service providers are re-
quired to make reasonable accommodations to 
ensure that exercise or fitness classes and in-
struction are accessible for people with disabil-
ities; and 
(B) ensure that the service provider makes 
available at least one employee who is able to 
assist individuals with disabilities in their use of 
accessible exercise machines and equipment. 
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