United StatesCongress would pledge to make infrastructure accessible to everyone
Congress would express support for disability access laws and pledge to remove barriers to federal services, without requiring specific building work.
What it does
Congress would pledge to make access for everyone a guiding principle for infrastructure bills and projects. It would encourage compliance with existing disability access laws, without setting specific construction requirements.
Argument forMaking access a guiding principle could help Congress consider people with disabilities when shaping infrastructure bills and projects.
Argument againstWithout specific projects, funding, or deadlines, the pledge could leave people with disabilities waiting for barriers to be removed.
More detail
Congress would pledge to make design that everyone can use a guiding principle for infrastructure bills and projects. The pledge covers all infrastructure bills and projects and efforts to remove barriers to federal services. The resolution encourages full compliance with existing disability access laws. The pledge names no specific construction requirements or funding.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Jul 15Submitted in HouseLatest
- Jul 15Referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Transportation and Infrastructure, Energy and Commerce, and Oversight and Government Reform, 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.Introduced
Disability RightsTransportation