The ADA’s Legislative History

Core Materials from the 101st Congress

1989

  • On H.R. 2273, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1989, Hearing Before the Subcommittee on the Judiciary and the House Judiciary Committee, October 12, 1989

  •  On H.R. 2273, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1989, Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights of the House Judiciary Committee, October 11, 1989

  • On H.R. 2273, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1989, Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Select Education of the House Committee on Education and Labor, (Indianapolis, Indiana), October 6, 1989

  • On H.R. 2273 and S. 933, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1989, Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Transportation and Hazardous Waste of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, September 28, 1989

  • On H.R. 2273, Title V of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1989, Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Finance of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, September 27, 1989

  • On H.R. 2273, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1989, Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Surface Transportation of the House Public Works and Transportation Committee, September 26, 1989

  •  On H.R. 2273, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1989, Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Surface Transportation, Public Works and Transportation Committee, September 20, 1989.

  • On H.R. 2273, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1989, Hearing Before the Subcommittees on Select Education and Employment Opportunities of the House Committee on Education and Labor, September 13, 1989

  • S. 933 passed the Senate, September 7, 1989.

  • Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources, Rep. 101-116 (Aug. 30, 1989), http://www.adalawproject.org/s/Senate-Report-101-116.pdf

  •  Field Hearing on the Americans with Disabilities Act, Before the Subcommittee on Select Education of the House Committee on Education and Labor (Houston, Texas), August 28, 1989

  •  On H.R. 2273, the American with Disabilities Act of 1989, Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights and the House Judiciary Committee, August 3, 1989

  •  On H.R. 2273, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1989, Joint Hearing Before the Subcommittees on Select Education and Employment Opportunities of the House Committee on Education and Labor, July 18, 1989

  • On S. 933 to Establish a Clear and Comprehensive Prohibition of Discrimination on the Basis of Disability, Hearings Before the Subcommittee on the Handicapped of the Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources, May 9, 10, 16 and June 22, 1989.

  •  S. 933, 101st Cong. (1989) – introduced May 9, 1989

  • Statements by Senator Harkin, Senator Durenberger, Representative Coelho, and Representative Fish in introducing the ADA to the 101st Congress,  Cong. Rec.  S 8505-8520 (May 9, 1989)

  •  H.R. 2273, Americans with Disabilities Act of 1989, 101st Cong. (1989) introduced May 9, 1989