HR 5859 · 118th Congress 2023–2025, ended

Transportation Assistance for Individuals with Disabilities Act

Introduced Sep 29, 2023 Originated House Sponsor Frederica S. Wilson D-FL

Latest action · Oct 26, 2023 Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.

Progress

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IntroducedSep 29, 2023
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Transportation Assistance for Individuals with Disabilities Act

This bill directs the Department of Transportation (DOT) to establish a grant program for protection and advocacy (P&A) systems to advocate for individuals with disabilities to access transportation. (Each state has a designated P&A system that protects and advocates for the rights of individuals with disabilities.)

The bill directs DOT to select 10 P&A systems to receive five-year grants. Grant recipients must submit an annual report documenting the work they have done to address the barriers to accessing transportation for individuals with disabilities.

Further, DOT must award one grant annually to a national organization with extensive knowledge of P&A systems to provide training and technical assistance to the systems.

Cosponsors 18

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 29, 2023 to Aug 13, 2024; 17 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-CA	Adam B. Schiff	Original	Sep 29, 2023
D-IN	André Carson	Original	Sep 29, 2023
D-NC	Deborah K. Ross	Original	Sep 29, 2023
D-NV	Dina Titus	Original	Sep 29, 2023
D-OR	Earl Blumenauer	Original	Sep 29, 2023
D-DC	Eleanor Holmes Norton	Original	Sep 29, 2023
D-AZ	Greg Stanton	Original	Sep 29, 2023
D-GA	Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.	Original	Sep 29, 2023
D-NY	Jamaal Bowman	Original	Sep 29, 2023
D-HI	Jill N. Tokuda	Original	Sep 29, 2023
D-CA	Julia Brownley	Original	Sep 29, 2023
D-TX	Lloyd Doggett	Original	Sep 29, 2023
R-NY	Marcus J. Molinaro	Original	Sep 29, 2023
D-CA	Mark DeSaulnier	Original	Sep 29, 2023
D-MA	Seth Moulton	Original	Sep 29, 2023
D-TN	Steve Cohen	Original	Sep 29, 2023
D-CA	Zoe Lofgren	Original	Sep 29, 2023
R-PA	Brian K. Fitzpatrick		Aug 13, 2024

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Transportation and Infrastructure Committee	Referred Sep 29, 2023
	Highways and Transit Subcommittee	Referred Oct 2, 2023
	Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials Subcommittee	Referred Oct 2, 2023
	Aviation Subcommittee	Referred Oct 2, 2023
	Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee	Referred Oct 26, 2023

Actions 6

Everything that happened, newest first.

Oct 26, 2023Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
Oct 2, 2023Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
Oct 2, 2023Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Oct 2, 2023Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
Sep 29, 2023Introduced in House

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Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: The Congress enacts this bill pursuant to Clause 18 of Section 8 of Article I of the United States Constitution and Amendment XVI of the United States Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: To direct the Secretary of Transportation to establish a program to provide grants to protection and advocacy systems to advocate for individuals with disabilities to access transportation, and for other purposes.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 169, no. 159, September 29, 2023, page H4912.

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To direct the Secretary of Transportation to establish a program to provide grants to protection and advocacy systems to advocate for individuals with disabilities to access transportation, and for other purposes.
Short Title(s) as Introduced: Transportation Assistance for Individuals with Disabilities Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Transportation and Public Works.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Sep 29, 2023Introduced in House

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