I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2965 
To require all gas stations offering self-service to meet certain accessibility 
standards for individuals with disabilities, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 20, 2017 
Mr. ROSS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To require all gas stations offering self-service to meet cer-
tain accessibility standards for individuals with disabil-
ities, and for other purposes. 
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 ‘‘Gas Pump Access Act 
of 2017’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
The Congress finds the following: 
(1) The technical assistance materials for the 
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 of the De-
partment of Justice requires gas stations, including 
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those offering self-service, to provide equal access for 
their customers with disabilities. 
(2) Customers with disabilities are advised that 
they can obtain refueling assistance by either honk-
ing or otherwise signaling an employee. 
(3) The Americans with Disabilities Act of 
1990 requires self-service gas stations to provide re-
fueling assistance upon the request of a qualified 
person with a disability if there is more than one at-
tendant on duty at the station. Such service is pro-
vided without any charge beyond the self-service 
price. 
(4) A qualified person with a disability is de-
scribed as a person to whom an accessible or dis-
abled parking permit has been issued or a person 
who is in legal possession of a specialized motor ve-
hicle license plate indicating that the owner is a per-
son with a disability. 
(5) History has shown that these methods to 
attract refueling assistance are not effective. 
Throughout the United States, individuals with dis-
abilities who need gas pumping assistance at gas 
stations or convenience stores do not generally re-
ceive such assistance when they honk their horns, 
flash their headlights, or otherwise signal to attract 
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the attention of an attendant inside the facility. This 
is not considered equal access under the Americans 
with Disabilities Act of 1990. 
(6) In 2014, the State of Florida enacted 
House Bill 7005, which requires phone numbers to 
be placed on all gas pumps not later than two years 
after July 1, 2014. This requirement allows qualified 
individuals with disabilities to call on their cell 
phones for free gas pumping assistance. However, 
should such refueling assistance be requested during 
times when a second attendant is not present at a 
self-service gasoline station, the Florida gas station 
retailer is not required to provide the requested as-
sistance and will inform the caller. History has prov-
en this to be a simple, inexpensive, common sense, 
effective solution that is favored by both customers 
with disabilities and the petroleum and convenience 
store industries. 
(7) Today, unlike in 1990, almost everyone 
owns a cell phone. Owning a cell phone is a safety 
measure for drivers with disabilities in case their ve-
hicle breaks down on the road. 
SEC. 3. PURPOSE. 
The purpose of this Act is to provide accessibility to 
gas stations by ensuring that it will be considered discrimi-
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nation under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 
(42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.) for a gas station to fail to dis-
play a phone number to call for assistance on each self- 
service gas pump of the gas station. 
SEC. 4. ACCESSIBILITY. 
(a) NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—It shall be considered dis-
crimination for purposes of section 302 of the Amer-
icans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 
12182) for a gas station or convenience store to fail 
to clearly display at each self-service gas pump a 
decal that— 
(A) is at least 15 square inches in size; 
(B) has a blue background; 
(C) includes the telephone number of the 
gas station or convenience store at which such 
pump is located and the words ‘‘Call for Assist-
ance’’ in printed white text; and 
(D) includes the International Symbol of 
Accessibility. 
(2) OPERATIONAL TELEPHONE.—With respect 
to the telephone number indicated on the decal, it 
shall be considered discrimination for purposes of 
section 302 of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 
1990 (42 U.S.C. 12182) if the phone connected to 
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such number is not operational and answered di-
rectly by an employee of the gas station retailer dur-
ing the hours the gas station retailer is open for 
business to the public. 
(b) ASSISTANCE.— 
(1) TWO OR MORE ATTENDANTS.—It shall be 
considered discrimination for purposes of section 
302 of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 
(42 U.S.C. 12182) for a gas station or convenience 
store that is open for business to the public with two 
or more attendants on duty to fail to provide gas 
pumping assistance to a qualified individual with a 
disability who makes a request for such assistance. 
(2) ONE ATTENDANT.—It shall not be consid-
ered discrimination for purposes of section 302 of 
the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 
U.S.C. 12182) for a gas station or convenience store 
that is open for business to the public with one at-
tendant on duty to fail to provide gas pumping as-
sistance to a qualified individual with a disability 
who makes a request for such assistance, if such at-
tendant notifies the individual that assistance cannot 
be provided because there is only one attendant on 
duty. 
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(c) FURTHER ACCESSIBILITY STANDARDS.—Nothing 
in this section shall prohibit a unit of local government 
from adopting an ordinance, or enforcing an existing ordi-
nance, that expands the accessibility, safety, or availability 
of fueling assistance to a motor vehicle operator with a 
qualified disability. 
(d) REGULATIONS.—Not later than two years after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
Transportation and the Attorney General shall each pro-
mulgate such regulations as are necessary to ensure com-
pliance with this section. 
(e) EXAMPLE OF DECAL MADE PUBLICLY AVAIL-
ABLE.—Not later than six months after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation 
and the Attorney General shall make a graphic example 
of a decal described in subsection (a) publicly available at 
no cost, in downloadable format, on the websites of the 
Department of Transportation and the Department of 
Justice, respectively. Such decal shall have a blank area 
in which a telephone number may be inserted. 
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