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2. American’s with Disability’s Act (ADA)-1990
Nation’s 1st comprehensive civil rights legislation Related to Disabled Americans and protecting Access employment, public services, public accommodations, and telecommunications

3. What existed in the United States that prompted Congress to pass the ADA?
Discrimination has existed in the US in regards to Equal Protections of liberties and rights. Many groups have had to fight for the application of this clause of the 14th amendment to them.
Race
Religion
Gender
Socio-Economic Status
Age
Individuals with a diverse array of disabilities have been just one other group that has fought for equality in the US.
14th amendment Equal Protection AND Due Process Clause
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Rehabilitation Act of 1973

4. Background… the players of the Iron Triangle
Interest Groups
Disabilities Rights Education and Defense Fund (DREDF)
National Council on Disability
Congressional committees and Congressmen
House - Education and Labor; Energy and Commerce; Public Works and Transportation; Judiciary
Sponsor: Anthony Lee Coelho (D-CA)
Senate-Committee on Labor and Human Resources
Sponsor: Tom Harkin (D-IA)
Bureaucratic Agencies
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
Department of Transportation
Department of Labor- Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP)
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Department of Education- Disability Discrimination and Civil Rights
Department of Justice- Disability Rights

5. House: Education and Labor; Energy and Commerce; Public Works and Transportation; Judiciary
Senate: Committee on Labor and Human Resources
American’s with Disabilities Act (ADA)Became Public Law No: (7/26/1990).
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
Department of Transportation
Department of Labor- Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP)
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Department of Education- Disability Discrimination and Civil Rights
Department of Justice- Disability Rights
Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund (DREDF)
National Council on Disability
US Chamber of Commerce
National Federation of Independent businesses

6. Interest Groups: Groups that lobbied for/against the creation of the ADA
Supporters of ADA
Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund (DREDF)
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Actively lobbied, filed amicus curiae briefs, attended hearings for the introduction, formulation and implementation.
Continue to lobby congress over bills that positively or negatively impact ADA
National Council on Disability- created as part of Department of Education to research impact of disability on equality of education
NCD recommended enactment of an Americans with Disabilities Act, and then drafted the first version of the bill introduce in the House and Senate in 1988.
Continue to provide an advisory support to President, Congress and other stakeholders
Against ADA
US Chamber of Commerce 
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Actively lobbied and still lobbies for Congress to be mindful of Business interests and effective implementation/transitions for business to comply with regulations
National Federation of Independent Businesses
Lobbied and still lobbies for Congress to be mindful of Small Business interests and effective implementation/transitions for business to comply with regulations
Provides information to Congress on cost/benefits of policy
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7. Congressmen and Committees that created the ADA.
Senate-Committee on Labor and Human Resources
Sponsor: Tom Harkin (D-IA)
House - Education and Labor; Energy and Commerce; Public Works and Transportation; Judiciary
Sponsor: Anthony Lee Coelho (D-CA)

8. Bureaucratic Agencies that enforce the ADA
Title I: Employment - Prohibits discrimination by a covered entity (any employer, employment agency, labor organization, or joint labor- management committee) against any qualified individual with a disability in job application procedures, hiring or discharge, compensation, advancement, training, and other terms, conditions, and privileges of employment.
EEOC (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission)
Title II: Public Services 
Subtitle A: Prohibition Against Discrimination and Other Generally Applicable Provisions 
Subtitle B: Actions Applicable to Public Transportation Provided by Public Entities considered Discriminatory - Part I: Public Transportation Other Than by Aircraft or Certain Rail Operations 
Part II: Public Transportation by Intercity and Commuter Rail -
Department of Transportation

9. Bureaucratic Agencies that enforce the ADA
Title III: Public Accommodations and Services Operated by Private Entities - Prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability in the enjoyment of any place of public accommodation.
Department of Labor
Department of Transportation
Department of Education
Title IV: Telecommunications
Federal Communications Commission

10. Bureaucratic Agencies that enforce the ADA
Title V: Miscellaneous Provisions - Declares that a State shall not be immune under the 11th Amendment to the Constitution from an action in Federal or State court for a violation of this Act.
Department of Justice

11. What is the ADA? What does it specifically try to accomplish for the Disabled Americans of the US?
Congress enacted five separate titles to prohibit the discrimination enumerated in the ADA’s findings
Article I
Article II
Article III
Article IV
Article V
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12. Current Implementation of ADA (changes from 1990)
More defined examples of what is a disability
More defined procedures for implementation of law
More defined procedures for regulation of areas impacted by law

13. Resources https://www.eeoc.gov/eeoc/history/35th/1990s/ada.html
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