IV 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 91 
Recognizing the need to improve physical access to many United States 
postal facilities for all people in the United States in particular disabled 
citizens. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 1, 2011 
Mr. MURPHY of Connecticut (for himself, Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, Ms. 
DELAURO, Mr. COURTNEY, and Mr. HIMES) submitted the following con-
current resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and 
Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Education 
and the Workforce, the Judiciary, Energy and Commerce, and Transpor-
tation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by 
the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall with-
in the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Recognizing the need to improve physical access to many 
United States postal facilities for all people in the United 
States in particular disabled citizens. 
Whereas in 2009, 12 percent of all United States citizens re-
ported some disability; 
Whereas in 2008, 16.9 percent of veterans, amounting to 
over 13,000,000 United States citizens, reported a service 
related disability to the Department of Veterans Affairs; 
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Whereas according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s Current 
Population Survey, the number of United States citizens 
reporting a disability is at a 20-year high; 
Whereas the Architectural Barriers Act, was first enacted in 
1968 to ensure that certain federally funded facilities are 
designed and constructed to be accessible to people with 
disabilities and requires that public buildings, including 
post offices and other Federal facilities, have at least one 
handicap accessible path and entrance; 
Whereas automatic doors, though not mandated by either the 
Architectural Barriers Act or the Americans with Disabil-
ities Act, provide a greater degree of self-sufficiency and 
dignity for disabled United States citizens, as well as the 
frail elderly who have limited strength to open a manual 
door; 
Whereas a report commissioned by the Access Board, an 
independent Federal agency created to ensure access to 
federally funded facilities, recommends that all new build-
ings used by the public should have at least one auto-
mated door at an accessible entrance, with an exception 
for small buildings where adding such a door may be a 
financial hardship for building owners; 
Whereas States and municipalities have begun to recognize 
the importance of automatic doors in approving accessi-
bility as Connecticut State law requires automatic doors 
in certain shopping malls and retail businesses, Delaware 
requires an automatic door or calling device for newly 
constructed places of accommodation, and the District of 
Columbia has a similar requirement; 
Whereas the U.S. General Services Administration’s Facili-
ties Standards for the Public Buildings Service requires 
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