Americans with Disabilities Act: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Transportation and Hazardous Materials of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives, One Hundred First Congress, First Session, on H.R. 2273 and S. 933, Bills to Establish a Clear and Comprehensive Prohibition of Discrimination on the Basis of Disability, September 28, 1989U.S. Government Printing Office, 1990 - 174 páginas |
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Página 23 - ... who use wheelchairs, as soon as practicable but in no event later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this Act, except that the time limit may be...
Página 50 - It may be a defense to a charge of discrimination under this Act that an alleged application of qualification standards, tests, or selection criteria that screen out or tend to screen out or otherwise deny a job or benefit to an individual with a disability has been shown to be job-related and consistent with business necessity, and such performance cannot be accomplished by reasonable accommodation, as required under this title. (b) Qualification Standards. The term "qualification standards...
Página 3 - AN ACT To establish a clear and comprehensive prohibition of discrimination on the basis of disability.
Página 107 - Act (1) to provide a clear and comprehensive national mandate for the elimination of discrimination against individuals with disabilities...
Página 30 - ENFORCEMENT. 7 (a) CIVIL ACTIONS.— Section 802(i), 813, and 814 (a) 8 and (d) of the Fair Housing Act (42 USC 3602(i), 3613, 9 and 3614 (a) and (d)) shall be available with respect to any 10 aggrieved individual, except that — 11 (1) any reference to a discriminatory housing 12 practice or breach of a conciliation agreement shall be 13 considered to be a reference to a practice that is dis14 criminatory under this title concerning the provision of 15 an appropriate interstate or intrastate...
Página 95 - COERCION. (a) Retaliation. No person shall discriminate against any individual because such individual has opposed any act or practice made unlawful by this Act or because such individual made a charge, testified, assisted, or participated in any manner in an investigation, proceeding, or hearing under this Act. (b) Interference, Coercion, or Intimidation. It shall be unlawful to coerce, intimidate, threaten, or interfere with any individual in the exercise or...
Página 82 - ... study to the Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board established under section 502 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 USC 792). The Board shall have an opportunity to comment on such draft study, and any such comments by the Board made in writing within 120 days after the Board's receipt of the draft study shall be incorporated as part of the final study required to be submitted under subsection (d).
Página 166 - ... hydraulic, electromechanical, or other lifts for such new buses; (3) that the public entity seeking temporary relief has made good faith efforts to locate a qualified manufacturer to supply the lifts to the manufacturer of such buses in sufficient time to comply with such solicitation; and (4) that any further delay in purchasing new buses necessary to obtain such lifts would significantly impair transportation services in the community served by the public entity.
Página 37 - ... PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONS AND SERVICES OPERATED BY PRIVATE ENTITIES Sec. 301. Definitions. Sec. 302. Prohibition of discrimination by public accommodations. Sec. 303. New construction and alterations in public accommodations and commercial facilities. Sec. 304. Prohibition of discrimination in specified public transportation services provided by private entities.
Página 162 - Mr. Chairman and members of the Subcommittee on Transportation and Hazardous Materials, I am Carol H.