Recognizing and honoring the 15th anniversary of the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.

Bill: 109-hres-378
Sponsor: Rep. Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr. [R-WI-5]
Introduced: 2005-07-25 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Anniversaries
Appellate courts
Architecture and the disabled
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Civil rights enforcement
Civil rights workers
Closed caption television
Congress
Congressional tributes
Disabled
Discrimination against the disabled
Discrimination in public facilities
District courts
Employment of the disabled
Labor and Employment
Law
Legislation
Science, Technology, Communications
Supreme Court
Transportation and Public Works
Transportation and the disabled

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-25
text: 
Recognizes the 15th anniversary of the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act and the work of the individuals and organizations who fought to advance the cause of people with disabilities. Declares that the House of Representatives reaffirms its commitment to promoting the rights of Americans with disabilities, recognizes the important role of the federal courts in securing those rights, and strongly supports the purposes and goals of such Act.
 
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action_date: 2005-07-27
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
Recognizes the 15th anniversary of the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act and the work of the individuals and organizations who fought to advance the cause of people with disabilities. Declares that the House of Representatives reaffirms its commitment to promoting the rights of Americans with disabilities, recognizes the important role of the federal courts in securing those rights, and strongly supports the purposes and goals of such Act.
 
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Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-07-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
action_date: 2005-07-27
text: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2005-07-27
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2005-07-27
text: Placed on the House Calendar, Calendar No. 73.
action_date: 2005-07-27
text: Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged.
action_date: 2005-07-27
text: Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged.
action_date: 2005-07-27
text: Committee on Transportation discharged.
action_date: 2005-07-27
text: Committee on Transportation discharged.
action_date: 2005-07-27
text: Committee on Education and the Workforce discharged.
action_date: 2005-07-27
text: Committee on Education and the Workforce discharged.
action_date: 2005-07-27
text: Reported by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 109-196, Part I.
action_date: 2005-07-27
text: Reported by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 109-196, Part I.
action_date: 2005-07-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways, Transit and Pipelines.
action_date: 2005-07-25
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Energy and Commerce, 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.
action_date: 2005-07-25
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Energy and Commerce, 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.
action_date: 2005-07-25
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Energy and Commerce, 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.
action_date: 2005-07-25
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Energy and Commerce, 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.
action_date: 2005-07-25
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Energy and Commerce, 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.
action_date: 2005-07-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-25
text: Introduced in House