Bill.Scarborough@hnews.fidonet.org BILL SCARBOROUGH 05/18/1990 17:30 (Bill Scarborough) (05/31/90)
Index Number: 8539 (At the risk of redundancy, here is a report on Ada) From: BILL SCARBOROUGH (Friday) 05/18/1990 17:30 AMERICANS/DISABILITY-ACT To : ALL (source: Jay Bond at Rep. Craig Washington's office) Five amendments were considered Thursday, May 17, to the Americans with Disabilities Act. Four passed; only one was defeated. Amendments: 1. That a written job description could be used by an employer as a defense in court. Passed. 2. Delayed phase-in for small business. Large employers have 18 month to phase in compliance with the ADA. Employers with more than ten and fewer than 25 employees have an extra six months. Employers with ten or fewer employees have an extra year. Passed. 3. Amendment regarding access to wilderness areas. Passed. 4. Provision that if an employer spent more than ten per cent of a year's salary to make a job position accessible, then requirement of access would be undue hardship. Defeated. 5. The "Chapman Amendment" -- to allow employers to transfer employees with infectious diseases away from food service. (The amendment is about AIDS.) Passed. Still to be considered Tuesday: 6. "Simpson-Brenner" amendment which would limit remedies for violation of ADA. The Senate version of the ADA gave the same remedies as given in the Civil Rights Act of 1964. 7. The "One-Car" amendment which would in effect repeal part of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and require AmTrak to have only one car per train accessible. 8. "Schuster" Amendment that would exempt transit systems of cities with less than 200,000 population. Final passage expected Tuesday. THE ADA NEEDS YOU! The weakening amendments are getting approved! Call (202) 224-3121 to YOUR Congress-Person! p. s. It is not likely to bew too late to get your licks in with telegrams (800)325-600 for regular telegrams or (800)257-4900, Operator 9565 for "Hotline" telegrams. Passage has been delayed, and may be delayed again. Watch C-SPAN if you can. -- Uucp: ..!{decvax,oliveb}!bunker!hcap!hnews!Bill.Scarborough Internet: Bill.Scarborough@hnews.fidonet.org