S. 933, the "Americans with Disabilities Act of 1989," would broaden current federal sanctions against handicap discrimination which, as found mainly in the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, are restricted in coverage to the agencies of the federal government, federal contractors, and recipients of federal aid. The bill would augment this protection with a panoply of new safeguards applicable to public and private employers, bus, rail, and related transportation services and facilities, most places of public accommodation, and telecommunication relay services. For the most part, the relief provided by the bill to enforce these new protections draws expressly upon the remedies and procedures found in other civil rights laws. This report analyzes the various remedy provisions in S. 933, as passed the Senate on September 7, 1989, in relation to current provisions of existing federal civil rights legislation.

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CRS Report for Congress: The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1989: Analysis of the Remedies and Enforcement Provisions of S.933, as Passed by the Senate

Identifier:
s-leg_553_001_014
Contributing Institution:
Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
Title:
CRS Report for Congress: The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1989: Analysis of the Remedies and Enforcement Provisions of S.933, as Passed by the Senate
Date Created:
1990-02-22
EDTF:
1990-02-22
Creator:
Dale, Charles V.
Rights:
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/
Language:
eng
Record Type:
reports
Collection:
Robert J. Dole Senate Papers-Legislative Relations, 1969-1996
Collection Finding Aid:
https://dolearchivecollections.ku.edu/index.php?p=collections/findingaid&id=23&q=
Description:
S. 933, the "Americans with Disabilities Act of 1989," would broaden current federal sanctions against handicap discrimination which, as found mainly in the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, are restricted in coverage to the agencies of the federal government, federal contractors, and recipients of federal aid. The bill would augment this protection with a panoply of new safeguards applicable to public and private employers, bus, rail, and related transportation services and facilities, most places of public accommodation, and telecommunication relay services. For the most part, the relief provided by the bill to enforce these new protections draws expressly upon the remedies and procedures found in other civil rights laws. This report analyzes the various remedy provisions in S. 933, as passed the Senate on September 7, 1989, in relation to current provisions of existing federal civil rights legislation.
Policy Area:
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Names:
United States. Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990
Topic:
Public services, Disabilities, Discrimination in public accommodations--Law and legislation, People with disabilities, Employment, Telecommunication
Congress:
101st (1989-1991)
Physical Location:
Collection 003, Box 553, Folder 1
Type:
Text
Extent:
11 Pages
Publisher:
Congressional Research Service, The Library of Congress