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HCONRES 91 112th Congress House Government Operations and Politics Disability and paralysis Government buildings, facilities, and property Postal service

Recognizing the need to improve physical access to many United States postal facilities for all people in the United States in particular disabled citizens.

Introduced: December 1, 2011 Introduced by: Murphy, Christopher Democratic · Connecticut See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
Dec 9, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade.
Dec 2, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
Dec 1, 2011
Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, the Judiciary, Energy and Commerce, and Transportation and Infrastructure, 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.
Dec 1, 2011
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Recognizes the hardships that disabled U.S. citizens must overcome every day.

Reaffirms support of the Architectural Barriers Act of 1968 and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and pledges to continue to identify and rectify the barriers that prevent equal access to federal government services.

Recommends that the United States Postal Service (USPS) and other public agencies install power-assisted doors to ensure equal access to all citizens.

What's happening now December 9, 2011

Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • SCONRES 33 Related bill A concurrent resolution reorganizing the need to improve physical access to many federally funded facilities for all pe…
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 7
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 4
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Courtney, Joe
Connecticut · Dec 1, 2011
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DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · Dec 1, 2011
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Himes, James A.
Connecticut · Dec 1, 2011
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Larson, John B.
Connecticut · Dec 1, 2011
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Con. Res. 91: Recognizing the need to improve physical access to many United States postal facilities for all people in the United States in particular disabled citizens.. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HCONRES-91/
MLA
"H. Con. Res. 91: Recognizing the need to improve physical access to many United States postal facilities for all people in the United States in particular disabled citizens.." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HCONRES-91/.
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H. Con. Res. 91, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HCONRES-91/.
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[H. Con. Res. 91: Recognizing the need to improve physical access to many United States postal facilities for all people in the United States in particular disabled citizens.](https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HCONRES-91/)
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