Web Posted on: December 16, 1997
ADA Legislative History
I. Hearings (hearings held in Washington, D.C. unless otherwise noted)
A. Senate
Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources
September 27, 1988 (joint hearing with House
Subcommittee on Select Education)
May 9, 1989
May 10, 1989 (Subcommittee on the Handicapped) *
May 16, 1989 (Subcommittee on the Handicapped) *
June 22, 1989
B. House
1. House Committee on Education and Labor
Subcommittee on Select Education
September 27, 1988 (joint hearing with Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources)
October 24, 1988 (Boston, Massachusetts)
July 18, 1989 (joint hearing with House Subcommittee on Employment Opportunities)
August 28, 1989 (Houston, Texas)
September 13, 1989 (joint hearing with House Subcommittee on Employment Opportunities)
October 6, 1989 (Indianapolis, Indiana)
2. House Committee on Energy and Commerce
a. Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Finance
September 27, 1989
b. Subcommittee on Transportation and Hazardous Waste
September 28, 1989
3. House Committee on the Judiciary
August 3, 1989 (Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights)
October 11, 1989 (Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights)
October 12, 1989
4. House Committee on Public Works and Transportation
Subcommittee on Surface Transportation
September 20, 1989
September 26, 1989
II. Committee and Subcommittee markup dates
A. Senate
Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources 8/2/89
B. House
House Committee on Education and Labor 11/9/89, 11/14/89
House Committee on Energy and Commerce
Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Finance 10/12/89
Full committee 3/3/90
House Committee on the Judiciary
Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights 4/25/90
Full committee 5/1/90, 5/2/90
House Committee on Public Works and Transportation
Subcommittee on Surface Transportation 3/6/90
Full committee 4/3/90
III. Floor action
A. Senate 9/7/89 Passed 76-8.
B. House 5/17/90, 5/22/90 Passed 403-20.
C. 1st conference 6/25/90
D. Senate moves to recommit to conference 7/10/90, 7/11/90
E. 2nd conference 7/12/90
F. House passes final version of ADA on 7/12/90, 377-28
G. Senate passes final version of ADA on 7/13/90, 91-6
IV. ADA signed into law by President Bush on the White House lawn 7/26/90
V. Legislative documents
A. The ADA is Public Law No. 101-336
B. Committee Reports
Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources; Senate Report No. 101-116
House Committee on Education and Labor; House Report No. 101-485, Part 2
House Committee on Energy and Commerce; House Report No. 101-485, Part 4
House Committee on the Judiciary; House Report No. 101-485, Part 3
House Committee on Public Works and Transportation; House Report No. 101-485, Part 1
Conference Reports
1st conference: House Report No. 101-558
2nd conference: House Report No. 101-596
VI. How to Obtain Legislative Documents
The legislative documents listed under roman numeral V above may be obtained in the following manner: House Document Room (202) 225-3456, in Room B18, House Annex 2, located at 2nd and D streets, SW, in Washington, D.C., across the street from Federal Center Southwest metro station. You may obtain a copy of the ADA, the House Committee reports, or the conference report by:
i) ordering them by document number (as listed above) over the telephone or;
ii) stopping by the document room to pick them up during their hours of 9-6, Monday through Friday.
Senate Document Room (202) 224-7860, located in B 04 of the Hart Senate Office Building, located on Constitution Avenue between 1st and 2nd streets, NE, in Washington, D.C.
You may obtain copies of the ADA, the Senate Committee report or the conference report by:
i) sending a written request identifying the document number you would like (as listed above) to: Senate Document Room
Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510-7106
or;
ii) stopping by the document room during their hours of 9-5:30, Monday through Friday.
* Senate Subcommittee on the Handicapped has since been renamed the Senate Subcommittee on Disability Policy to conform to what is now the currently preferred terminology.