US HCR91 | 2011-2012 | 112th Congress

US Congress House Concurrent Resolution 91 (Prior Session Legislation)

Status

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5)
Status: Introduced on December 1 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-12-09 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

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.

Title

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

History

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-12-09	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade.
2011-12-02	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
2011-12-01	House	Referred to House Transportation and Infrastructure
2011-12-01	House	Referred to House Energy and Commerce
2011-12-01	House	Referred to House Judiciary
2011-12-01	House	Referred to House Education and the Workforce
2011-12-01	House	Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform
2011-12-01	House	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.

Same As/Similar To

SCR33 (Related) 2011-12-01 - Referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S8156-8157)

Subjects

Disability and paralysis
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Government operations and politics
Postal service

US Congress State Sources

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-concurrent-resolution/91/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hconres91/BILLS-112hconres91ih.pdf