ADA Legislative History  

I. Hearings

(hearings held in Washington, D.C. unless otherwise noted)

     A. Senate

     Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources 

          September 27, 1988 (joint hearing with House Subcommittee on
Select Education)
          May 9, 1989
          May 10, 1989 (Subcommittee on the Handicapped) * 
          May 16, 1989 (Subcommittee on the Handicapped) *
          June 22, 1989

     B. House

     1. House Committee on Education and Labor 

          Subcommittee on Select Education

          September 27, 1988 (joint hearing with Senate Committee on Labor
and Human Resources) 
          October 24, 1988 (Boston, Massachusetts)
          July 18, 1989 (joint hearing with House Subcommittee on Employment
Opportunities)
          August 28, 1989 (Houston, Texas)
          September 13, 1989 (joint hearing with House Subcommittee on
Employment Opportunities)
          October 6, 1989 (Indianapolis, Indiana)

     2. House Committee on Energy and Commerce

          a. Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Finance

               September 27, 1989

          b. Subcommittee on Transportation and Hazardous Waste

               September 28, 1989

     3. House Committee on the Judiciary
     
          August 3, 1989 (Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights)
          October 11, 1989 (Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights)
          October 12, 1989

     4. House Committee on Public Works and Transportation

     Subcommittee on Surface Transportation

          September 20, 1989
          September 26, 1989


II. Committee and Subcommittee markup dates

     A. Senate		 	

          Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources 8/2/89

     B. House

          House Committee on Education and Labor 11/9/89, 11/14/89

          House Committee on Energy and Commerce

          Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Finance 10/12/89
          Full committee 3/3/90

          House Committee on the Judiciary

          Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights 4/25/90
          Full committee  5/1/90, 5/2/90

          House Committee on Public Works and Transportation

          Subcommittee on Surface Transportation  3/6/90
          Full committee 4/3/90
  

III.  Floor action

     A. Senate  9/7/89    Passed 76-8.

     B. House   5/17/90, 5/22/90  Passed 403-20.

     C. 1st conference  6/25/90

     D. Senate moves to recommit to conference 7/10/90, 7/11/90

     E. 2nd conference  7/12/90

     F. House passes final version of ADA on 7/12/90, 377-28
  
     G. Senate passes final version of ADA on 7/13/90, 91-6

IV.  ADA signed into law by President Bush on the White House lawn 7/26/90 

   

V.  Legislative documents

     A. The ADA is Public Law No. 101-336

     B. Committee Reports

          Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources 
               Senate Report No. 101-116
          House Committee on Education and Labor
               House Report No. 101-485, Part 2
          House Committee on Energy and Commerce
               House Report No. 101-485, Part 4
          House Committee on the Judiciary
               House Report No. 101-485, Part 3
          House Committee on Public Works and Transportation
               House Report No. 101-485, Part 1

     Conference Reports

          1st conference: House Report No. 101-558
          2nd conference: House Report No. 101-596


VI. How to Obtain Legislative Documents

The legislative documents listed under roman numeral V above may be obtained
in the following manner:

House Document Room (202) 225-3456, in Room B18, House Annex 2, located at
2nd and D streets, SW, in Washington, D.C., across the street from Federal
Center Southwest metro station. You may     obtain a copy of the ADA, the
House Committee reports, or the conference report by:

  i)  ordering them by document number (as listed above) over the  telephone


   or;
 
  ii)  stopping by the document room to pick them up during their  hours of
9-6, Monday through 
     Friday.

Senate Document Room  (202) 224-7860, located in B 04 of the Hart  Senate
Office Building, located on Constitution Avenue between 1st and 2nd streets,
NE, in Washington, D.C.  



       You may obtain copies of the ADA, the Senate Committee report or the
conference report by: 

   i)  sending a written request identifying the document number you would
like (as listed above) to:

               Senate Document Room 
               Hart Senate Office Building
               Washington, D.C.  20510-7106 

       or;

   ii) stopping by the document room during their hours of 9-5:30, Monday
through Friday.




*  Senate Subcommittee on the Handicapped has since been renamed the Senate
Subcommittee on          Disability Policy to conform to what is now the
currently preferred terminology. 





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