IV 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 101 
Recognizing the need to improve physical access to many federally funded 
facilities for all people of the United States, particularly people with 
disabilities. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 22, 2024 
Mrs. HAYES (for herself, Mr. DAVIS of North Carolina, Ms. WILD, Ms. NOR-
TON, Mr. TONKO, Ms. TLAIB, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mrs. DINGELL, Ms. LEE 
of California, Mr. BOWMAN, Mr. SWALWELL, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, 
Ms. JACKSON LEE, Ms. DEAN of Pennsylvania, Mrs. BEATTY, Ms. 
TITUS, and Mr. MULLIN) submitted the following concurrent resolution; 
which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 
and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Transportation and 
Infrastructure, Energy and Commerce, and Oversight and Accountability, 
for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case 
for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the 
committee concerned 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Recognizing the need to improve physical access to many 
federally funded facilities for all people of the United 
States, particularly people with disabilities. 
Whereas the First Amendment to the Constitution prevents 
Congress from making any law respecting an establish-
ment of religion, prohibiting the free exercise of religion, 
or abridging the freedom of speech, the freedom of the 
press, the right to peaceably assemble, or to petition for 
a governmental redress of grievances, and was adopted 
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on December 15, 1791, as 1 of the 10 amendments that 
constitute the Bill of Rights; 
Whereas the Bill of Rights, specifically the First Amendment 
to the Constitution, calls for the right of all persons to 
peaceably assemble, and to this end, all persons, regard-
less of their physical ability, shall be offered equal oppor-
tunity to access all federally funded, in whole or part, 
amenities; 
Whereas, in the 33 years since the signing of the Americans 
with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.) 
(in this preamble referred to as the ‘‘ADA’’), there have 
been unprecedented advances in all forms of technology, 
typified by automatic doors; 
Whereas, in 2023, the Centers for Disease Control and Pre-
vention found that 1 in 4 adults, or 61,000,000 people, 
have a disability; 
Whereas disability is a universal concern, as an aging popu-
lation increases the incidence of frailty and disability; 
Whereas as significant advances in medical treatment result 
in increased survival rates, the incidence of disability in-
creases; 
Whereas, in 2022, the Bureau of Labor Statistics found that 
5,400,000 veterans received service-related disability ben-
efits; 
Whereas, in 2023, the Bureau of Labor Statistics found that 
the unemployment rate of persons with a disability was 
twice that of nondisabled adults; 
Whereas, in 2023, the Bureau of Labor Statistics found that 
people of color have the highest disability rates in the 
country; 
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Whereas the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to insure that certain 
buildings financed with Federal funds are so designed 
and constructed as to be accessible to the physically 
handicapped’’, approved August 12, 1968 (42 U.S.C. 
4151 et seq.) (commonly known as the Architectural Bar-
riers Act of 1968), was enacted to ensure that certain 
federally funded facilities are designed and constructed to 
be accessible to people with disabilities; 
Whereas the United States Access Board (in this preamble 
referred to as the ‘‘Board’’ recently issued a final rule 
addressing accessibility guidelines for pedestrian facilities 
in the public right-of-way that addresses various issues, 
including access for blind pedestrians at street crossings, 
wheelchair access to on-street parking, and various con-
straints posed by space limitations, roadway design prac-
tices, slope, and terrain; 
Whereas the Board’s new guidelines cover pedestrian access 
to sidewalks and streets, including crosswalks, curb 
ramps, street furnishings, pedestrian signals, parking, 
and other components of public rights-of-way; 
Whereas the Board’s aim in developing these guidelines is to 
ensure that access for persons with disabilities is pro- 
vided wherever a pedestrian way is newly built or altered, 
and that the same degree of convenience, connection, and 
safety afforded the public generally is available to pedes-
trians with disabilities; 
Whereas once these guidelines are adopted by the Depart-
ment of Justice, they will become enforceable standards 
under title II of the ADA; and 
Whereas the United States was founded on principles of 
equality and freedom, and these principles require that 
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