Title: Reasonable ADA Compliance Act of 2017
Policy area: Law

Summary:
Reasonable ADA Compliance Act of 2017
This bill amends the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 to deny jurisdiction to a state or federal court in a civil action a plaintiff commences for remedies for disability discrimination in public accommodations and certain services provided by private entities unless: (1) the plaintiff notified the defendant in writing of the alleged violations prior to filing the complaint, (2) the notice identified the specific facts that constitute the alleged violation, (3) a remedial period of 120 days elapses after the notice, (4) the notice informed the defendant that the civil action could not be commenced for 120 days, and (5) the complaint states that the defendant has not corrected the alleged violation.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3571 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3571

 To amend title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 to 
   require a plaintiff to provide a defendant with an opportunity to 
correct a violation of such title voluntarily before the plaintiff may 
            commence a civil action, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 28, 2017

Ms. Castor of Florida introduced the following bill; which was referred 
                   to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 to 
   require a plaintiff to provide a defendant with an opportunity to 
correct a violation of such title voluntarily before the plaintiff may 
            commence a civil action, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Reasonable ADA Compliance Act of 
2017''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    The Congress finds as follows:
            (1) The ADA has been one of the most significant and 
        effective civil rights laws passed by Congress.
            (2) The ADA requires that State and local governmental 
        entities accommodate qualified individuals with disabilities.
            (3) The ADA requires a place of public accommodation to 
        take reasonable steps to ensure that the goods and services it 
        provides are accessible to individuals with disabilities.

SEC. 3. OPPORTUNITY TO CORRECT ALLEGED VIOLATION AS CONDITION ON 
              COMMENCING CIVIL ACTION.

    Section 308(a) of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 
U.S.C. 12188(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(3) Opportunity to correct alleged violation.--
                    ``(A) In general.--A State or Federal court shall 
                not have jurisdiction in a civil action that a 
                plaintiff commences under paragraph (1), or under a 
                State law that conditions a violation of any of its 
                provisions on a violation of this title, unless--
                            ``(i) before filing a complaint alleging a 
                        violation of this title or such a State law, 
                        the plaintiff provides the defendant with a 
                        written notice of the alleged violation by 
                        registered mail;
                            ``(ii) the written notice identifies the 
                        facts that constitute the alleged violation, 
                        including the location where and the date on 
                        which the alleged violation occurred;
                            ``(iii) a remedial period of 120 days 
                        elapses after the date on which the plaintiff 
                        provides the written notice;
                            ``(iv) the written notice informs the 
                        defendant that the plaintiff is barred from 
                        filing the complaint until the end of the 
                        remedial period; and
                            ``(v) the complaint states that, as of the 
                        date on which the complaint is filed, the 
                        defendant has not corrected the alleged 
                        violation.
                    ``(B)  Extension of remedial period.--The court may 
                extend the remedial period by not more than 30 days if 
                the defendant applies for such an extension.''.
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