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Introduced Session

ADA Education and Reform Act of 2017 (Sec. 2) This bill requires the Disability Rights Section of the Department of Justice to develop a program to educate state and local governments and property owners on strategies for promoting access to public accommodations for persons with a disability. The program may include training for professionals to provide a guidance of remediation for potential violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. (Sec. 3) The bill prohibits civil actions based on the failure to remove an architectural barrier to access into an existing public accommodation unless: (1) the aggrieved person has provided to the owners or operators a written notice specific enough to identify the barrier, and (2) the owners or operators fail to provide the person with a written description outlining improvements that will be made to improve the barrier or they fail to remove the barrier or make substantial progress after providing such a description. The aggrieved person's notice must specify the circumstances under which public accommodation access was denied. (Sec. 5) The Judicial Conference of the United States must develop a model program to promote alternative dispute resolution mechanisms to resolve such claims. The model program should include an expedited method for determining relevant facts related to such barriers and steps to resolve accessibility issues before litigation.

Committee Categories

Ted Poe (R)*,  Ralph Abraham (R),  Pete Aguilar (D),  Mark Amodei (R),  Brian Babin (R),  Don Bacon (R),  Andy Barr (R),  Joe Barton (R),  Ami Bera (D),  Andy Biggs (R),  Gus Bilirakis (R),  Mo Brooks (R),  Ken Buck (R),  Ted Budd (R),  Michael Burgess (R),  Bradley Byrne (R),  Ken Calvert (R),  Buddy Carter (R),  Steve Chabot (R),  Mike Coffman (R),  Tom Cole (R),  Doug Collins (R),  James Comer (R),  K. Michael Conaway (R),  Paul Cook (R),  Lou Correa (D),  Jim Costa (D),  Rick Crawford (R),  Henry Cuellar (D),  Carlos Curbelo (R),  Jeff Denham (R),  Charles Dent (R),  Jeff Duncan (R),  Tom Emmer (R),  Chuck Fleischmann (R),  Bill Foster (D),  Matt Gaetz (R),  Mike Gallagher (R),  Louie Gohmert (R),  Jenniffer González (R),  Paul Gosar (R),  Garret Graves (R),  Glenn Grothman (R),  Brett Guthrie (R),  Karen Handel (R),  Andy Harris (R),  Jaime Herrera Beutler (R),  Jody Hice (R),  Clay Higgins (R),  French Hill (R),  George Holding (R),  Randy Hultgren (R),  Duncan Hunter (R),  Darrell Issa (R),  Lynn Jenkins (R),  Mike Johnson (R),  Sam Johnson (R),  Stephen Knight (R),  Doug LaMalfa (R),  Doug Lamborn (R),  Jason Lewis (R),  Billy Long (R),  Frank Lucas (R),  Blaine Luetkemeyer (R),  Thomas MacArthur (R),  Kenny Marchant (R),  Tom Marino (R),  Brian Mast (R),  Tom McClintock (R),  Mark Meadows (R),  Luke Messer (R),  Paul Mitchell (I),  John Moolenaar (R),  Alex Mooney (R),  Ralph Norman (R),  Devin Nunes (R),  Scott Peters (D),  Robert Pittenger (R),  John Ratcliffe (R),  Tom Reed (R),  Kathleen Rice (D),  Tom Rice (R),  Martha Roby (R),  Hal Rogers (R),  Francis Rooney (R),  Dennis Ross (R),  Steve Russell (R),  David Schweikert (R),  Austin Scott (R),  Pete Sessions (R),  Terri Sewell (D),  Kyrsten Sinema (I),  Jason Smith (R),  Lamar Smith (R),  Jackie Speier (D),  Chris Stewart (R),  Steve Stivers (R),  Scott Taylor (R),  Patrick Tiberi (R),  Scott Tipton (R),  Mike Turner (R),  David Valadao (R),  Mark Walker (R),  Mimi Walters (R),  Bruce Westerman (R),  Roger Williams (R),  Joe Wilson (R),  Steve Womack (R),  Ted Yoho (R), 

Received in the Senate. (on 02/26/2018)

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