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HCONRES 142 98th Congress House Transportation and Public Works Disabled Motor Vehicles and Driving Motor vehicles Parking facilities State laws States Transportation and the physically handicapped

A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress regarding the need for a uniform symbol of identification, specifically the International Symbol of Access, to be used either on special…

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A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress regarding the need for a uniform symbol of identification, specifically the International Symbol of Access, to be used either on special license plates or on dashboard placards of vehicles carrying handicapped persons desiring the use of special parking privileges, and that all States be encouraged to honor this uniform symbol and grant reciprocity between the several States to those persons displaying this symbol and properly using the parking spaces reserved for handicapped persons.

Introduced: July 13, 1983 See on congress.gov
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Jul 21, 1983
Referred to Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Consumer Protection and Finance.
Jul 13, 1983
Referred to House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Jul 13, 1983
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Expresses the sense of Congress that the States should: (1) adopt the International Symbol of Access to identify vehicles carrying the physically handicapped and grant only to such vehicles access to special parking privileges; and (2) enter into agreements of reciprocity relating to special parking privileges granted to handicapped persons.

What's happening now July 21, 1983

Referred to Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Consumer Protection and Finance.

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Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Jul 13, 1983
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Con. Res. 142: A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress regarding the need for a uniform symbol of identification, specifically the International Symbol of Access, to be used either on special license plates or on dashboard placards of vehicles carrying handicapped persons desiring the use of special parking privileges, and that all States be encouraged to honor this uniform symbol and grant reciprocity between the several States to those persons displaying this symbol and properly using the parking spaces reserved for handicapped persons.. 98th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/98-HCONRES-142/
MLA
"H. Con. Res. 142: A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress regarding the need for a uniform symbol of identification, specifically the International Symbol of Access, to be used either on special license plates or on dashboard placards of vehicles carrying handicapped persons desiring the use of special parking privileges, and that all States be encouraged to honor this uniform symbol and grant reciprocity between the several States to those persons displaying this symbol and properly using the parking spaces reserved for handicapped persons.." 98th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/98-HCONRES-142/.
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H. Con. Res. 142, 98th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/98-HCONRES-142/.
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[H. Con. Res. 142: A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress regarding the need for a uniform symbol of identification, specifically the International Symbol of Access, to be used either on special license plates or on dashboard placards of vehicles carrying handicapped persons desiring the use of special parking privileges, and that all States be encouraged to honor this uniform symbol and grant reciprocity between the several States to those persons displaying this symbol and properly using the parking spaces reserved for handicapped persons.](https://openamerica.io/bill/98-HCONRES-142/)
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