IV 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 1504 
Recognizing and honoring the 20th anniversary of the enactment of the 
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 1, 2010 
Mr. HOYER (for himself, Mr. SENSENBRENNER, Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. UPTON, 
Mr. KENNEDY, Mrs. MCMORRIS RODGERS, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. SMITH of 
Texas, Mr. NADLER of New York, Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California, 
Mr. WAXMAN, Mr. OBERSTAR, Mr. TOWNS, and Mr. COBLE) submitted 
the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Edu-
cation and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation 
and Infrastructure, the Judiciary, and Energy and Commerce, for a pe-
riod to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for con-
sideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the com-
mittee concerned 
RESOLUTION 
Recognizing and honoring the 20th anniversary of the 
enactment of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. 
Whereas July 26, 2010, marks the 20th anniversary of the 
enactment of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 
1990; 
Whereas the Americans with Disabilities Act has been one of 
the most significant and effective civil rights laws passed 
by Congress; 
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Whereas, prior to the passage of the Americans with Disabil-
ities Act, people with disabilities faced significantly lower 
employment rates, lower graduation rates, and higher 
rates of poverty than people without disabilities, and were 
too often denied the opportunity to fully participate in so-
ciety due to intolerance and unfair stereotypes; 
Whereas the dedicated efforts of disability rights advocates, 
including Justin Dart, Jr., and many others, served to 
awaken Congress and the American people to the dis-
crimination and prejudice faced by individuals with dis-
abilities; 
Whereas Congress worked in a bipartisan manner to craft 
legislation making such discrimination illegal; 
Whereas Congress passed the Americans with Disabilities Act 
and President George Herbert Walker Bush signed the 
Act into law on July 26, 1990; 
Whereas the purpose of the Americans with Disabilities Act 
is to fulfill the Nation’s goals of equality of opportunity, 
independent living, economic self-sufficiency, and full par-
ticipation for Americans with disabilities; 
Whereas the Americans with Disabilities Act prohibits em-
ployers from discriminating against qualified individuals 
with disabilities, requires that State and local govern-
mental entities accommodate qualified individuals with 
disabilities, requires places of public accommodation to 
take reasonable steps to make their goods and services 
accessible to individuals with disabilities, and requires 
that new trains and buses be accessible to individuals 
with disabilities; 
Whereas the Americans with Disabilities Act has played an 
historic role in allowing over 50,000,000 Americans with 
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disabilities to participate more fully in national life by re-
moving barriers to employment, transportation, public 
services, telecommunications, and public accommodations; 
Whereas the Americans with Disabilities Act has served as a 
model for disability rights in other countries; 
Whereas all Americans, not just those with disabilities, ben-
efit from the accommodations that have become common-
place since the passage of the Americans with Disabilities 
Act, including curb cuts at street intersections, ramps for 
access to buildings, and other accommodations that pro-
vide access to public transportation, stadiums, tele-
communications, voting machines, and websites; 
Whereas Congress acted with overwhelming bipartisan sup-
port in 2008 to restore protections for people with epi-
lepsy, diabetes, cancer, depression, and a wide range of 
other disabilities by passing the ADA Amendments Act 
of 2008, which overturned judicial decisions that had in-
appropriately narrowed the scope of the protected class 
under the Americans with Disabilities Act; 
Whereas, 20 years after the enactment of the Americans with 
Disabilities Act, children and adults with disabilities con-
tinue to experience barriers that interfere with their full 
participation in mainstream American life; 
Whereas, 20 years after the enactment of the Americans with 
Disabilities Act, people with disabilities are twice as likely 
to live in poverty as their fellow citizens and continue to 
experience high rates of unemployment and underemploy-
ment; 
Whereas, 20 years after the enactment of the Americans with 
Disabilities Act, the largest income support and health 
care programs continue to operate in a manner that ex-
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