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Q: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Americans with Disabilities Act
Restoration Act of 2006''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

Congress finds the following:
(1) Physical and mental impairments are natural parts of
the human condition as are race, gender, national origin, and
sex.
(2) Discrimination results when individuals with actual or
perceived physical or mental impairments are met with
attitudinal, societal, and physical barriers in society.
(3) The use of mitigating measures by an individual does
not change the fact that the individual has a physical or
mental impairment, nor should the use of a mitigating measure
by an individual insulate covered entities from liability for
discriminatory practices and policies.
(4) The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 has not
been interpreted by the courts, including the Supreme Court, as
intended by Congress. The courts have significantly limited the
intended reach of the Americans with Disabilities Act, allowing
many individuals with actual or perceived impairments to be
subject to discrimination.
(5) It is necessary to restore the intent of the Americans
with Disabilities Act to fully remove the barriers that
confront disabled Americans and to permit all people to fully
participate in society.

SEC. 3. DISABILITY DEFINED.

Section 3 of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C.
12102) is amended--
(1) by amending paragraph (2) to read as follows:
''(2) Disability.--
''(A) In general.--The term 'disability' means,
with respect to an individual--
''(i) a physical or mental impairment;
''(ii) a record of a physical or mental
impairment; or
''(iii) a perceived physical or mental
impairment.
''(B) Rule of construction.--The existence of a
physical or mental impairment or record or perception
of a physical or mental impairment shall be determined
without taking into account an individual's use of
mitigating measures or whether the impairment is
episodic, short term, or long term.''; and
(2) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (7) and
inserting after paragraph (2) the following:
''(3) Physical impairment.--The term 'physical impairment'
means any physiological disorder or condition, cosmetic
disfigurement, or anatomical loss affecting one or more of the
following body systems: neurological; musculoskeletal; special
sense organs; respiratory, including speech organs;
cardiovascular; reproductive; digestive; genito-urinary; hemic
and lymphatic; skin and endocrine.
''(4) Mental impairment.--The term 'mental impairment'
means any mental or psychological disorder such as mental
retardation, organic brain syndrome, emotional or mental
illness, and specific learning disabilities.
''(5) Record of physical or mental impairment.--The term
'record of physical or mental impairment' means having a
history of, or having been misclassified as having, a physical
or mental impairment.
''(6) Perceived physical or mental impairment.--The term
'perceived physical or mental impairment' means not having an
impairment as set forth in paragraph (2)(A)(i) or (ii), but
being regarded as having, or treated as having, a physical or
mental impairment.''.

SEC. 4. DISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF DISABILITY.

The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12101 et
seq.) is further amended--
(1) in section 2(b), by striking ''against individuals with
disabilities'' each place it appears and inserting ''on the
basis of disability''; and
(2) in section 102(a), by striking ''against a qualified
individual with a disability because of the disability of such
individual'' and inserting ''against an individual on the basis
of disability''.

SEC. 5. QUALIFIED INDIVIDUAL.

(a) Defense.--Section 103, by redesignating subsections (a) through
(d) as subsections (b) through (e), respectively, and inserting before
such subsection (b) (as so redesignated) the following:
''(a) In General.--It may be a defense to a charge of
discrimination under this title that the individual with a disability
alleging discrimination is not a qualified individual, as such term is
defined in section 101(8).''.
(b) Qualified Individual.--Title I of the Americans with
Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12111 et seq.) is further amended--
(1) in section 101(8)--
(A) in the paragraph heading, by striking ''with a
disability''; and
(B) by striking ''with a disability'' after
''individual'' both places it appears;
(2) in section 102(b)(5), by striking ''with a disability''
after ''individual'' both places it appears; and
(3) in section 104--
(A) in subsection (a)--
(i) in the subsection heading, by striking
''With a Disability''; and
(ii) by striking ''with a disability''
after ''individual''; and
(B) in subsection (b), in the matter preceding
paragraph (1), by striking ''with a disability''.

SEC. 6. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.

Section 501 of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42
U.S.C. 12201) is amended by adding at the end the following:
''(e) Broad Construction.--In order to ensure that this Act
achieves its purpose under section 2(b) of providing a comprehensive
prohibition of discrimination on the basis of disability, the
provisions of this Act shall be broadly construed to advance their
remedial purpose.''.
A:
Americans with Disabilities Act Restoration Act of 2006 - Amends the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 to revise the definition of disability and to define: (1) physical impairment; (2) mental impairment; (3) record of physical or mental impairment; and (4) perceived physical or mental impairment.

States a rule of construction that the existence of such an impairment, record, or perception shall be determined without taking into account an individual's use of mitigating measures or whether the impairment is episodic, short term, or long term.

Provides that it may be a defense to a charge of discrimination that the individual with a disability alleging discrimination is not a qualified individual as defined in such Act.

Declares that this Act shall be broadly construed to advance its remedial purpose of providing a comprehensive prohibition against discrimination on the basis of disability.