...Bush signed into law the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). This historic legislation provides a clear and comprehensive national mandate for the...discrimination against individuals with disabilities. The ADA reflects our Nation's faith in the promise of all individuals and helps to ensure that our...

...Act of 1990 (ADA). S. 933. Pub. L. 101-336.104 Stat. 327.366-69 (July 26. 1990). The ADA's purpose is to provide a clear and comprehensive national mandate...discrimination against individuals with disabilities, and to ensure that federal entities such as this Commission play a central role in enforcing the standards...

...the fulfillment of important social policy objectives. II. BACKGROUND 3. The purpose of the ADA is "to provide a clear and comprehensive national mandate...elimination of discrimination against individuals with disabilities."1 In adopting Title IV of the ADA, Congress recognized that persons with hearing and...

...Act of 1990, Pub. L. No. 101-336, 104 Stat. 327 (1990), whose purpose, inter alia, is to provide a comprehensive national mandate for the elimination...discrimination against individuals with disabilities. 12 See 29 USC § 706(15)(A). 5 FCC Red No. 16 FCC 90-227 Before the Federal Communications Commission...

...mental retardation locked up in institutions and sheltered workshops. The time is long overdue for a clear and comprehensive national mandate for the elimination of discrimination against persons with disabilities. The Americans With Disabilities. The Americans With Disabilities Act will...

...those agencies, programs or institutions which receive federal funds. In ADA, Congress can establish a clear and comprehensive national mandate for the elimination of discrimination against people with disabilities at every level of government and in every facet of American life. ADA is probably...

...JOURNAL »/l«/l» American Dental Association in '-¡n Street. NW Suite 1200 Washington. DC 20005 (202) 898-2400 October 24, 1989 The Honorable Jack Brooks...intent of the Congress and will avoid the confusions, misunderstandings and litigious results that have been predicted in the general and business media....

...unnecessary expenses resulting from dependency and nonproductivity. It is the purpose of this chapter( 1 ) To provide a clear and comprehensive national mandate...discrimination against individuals with disabilities; (2) To provide clear, strong, consistent, enforceable standards addressing discrimination against individuals...

...Act (Public Law 101-336) . In Section (2)(b), the law states, "It is the purpose of this Act — (1) to provide a clear and comprehensive national mandate...discrimination against individuals with disabilities . . . and (4) to invoke the sweep of Congressional authority, including the power to enforce the Fourteenth...

...or not, to take part equally in American life. CONCLUSION In conclusion, there is a compelling need to provide a clear and comprehensive national mandate...discrimination against individuals with disabilities and for the integration of persons with disabilities into the economic and social mainstream of American...