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HCONRES 131 115th Congress House Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Building construction Disability and paralysis Government buildings, facilities, and property State and local government operations

Recognizing the need to improve physical access to many federally funded facilities for all people of the United States, particularly people with disabilities.

Introduced: July 26, 2018 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
Sep 19, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
Jul 27, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
Jul 26, 2018
Referred to the Committee on Education and the 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.
Jul 26, 2018
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Recognizes the immense hardships that people with disabilities in the United States must overcome every day.

Pledges to make universal and inclusive design a guiding principle for all infrastructure bills and projects.

What's happening now September 19, 2018

Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • SCONRES 59 Related bill A concurrent resolution recognizing the need to improve physical access to many federally funded facilities for all peo…
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 7
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 5
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Jul 31, 2018
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Courtney, Joe
Connecticut · Jul 26, 2018
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DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · Jul 26, 2018
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Himes, James A.
Connecticut · Jul 26, 2018
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Larson, John B.
Connecticut · Jul 26, 2018
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Con. Res. 131: Recognizing the need to improve physical access to many federally funded facilities for all people of the United States, particularly people with disabilities.. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HCONRES-131/
MLA
"H. Con. Res. 131: Recognizing the need to improve physical access to many federally funded facilities for all people of the United States, particularly people with disabilities.." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HCONRES-131/.
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H. Con. Res. 131, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HCONRES-131/.
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[H. Con. Res. 131: Recognizing the need to improve physical access to many federally funded facilities for all people of the United States, particularly people with disabilities.](https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HCONRES-131/)
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