AMENDMENTS TO H.R. 2273 AND VOTING RECORDS OF IOWA DELEGATION

LAFALCE AMENDMENT (PHASE IN FOR SMALL BUSINESSES)

	Amends Sec. 310 relating to effective dates by stating that no civil actions shall be made during the first 6 months following the effective date if the business employs 25 or less employees and has gross receipts of less than $1 million, and no civil actions shall be made during the first year after the effective date if the business employs 10 or less employees and has gross receipts of less than $500,000.

Votes: 
Yes 401
No 0
NV 31

Iowa Delegation:
Grandy Yes
Leach Yes
Lightfoot Yes
Nagle Yes
Smith Yes
Tauke Yes

MCCULLUM AMENDMENT (ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS)

	If an employer has prepared a written description before advertising or interviewing applicants for a job, this description shall be considered evidence of the essential functions of the job.

Vote: There was no opposition to the amendment and was thus accepted.

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OLIN AMENDMENT (LIMITATION ON UNDUE HARDSHIP)

	Undue Hardship -- states that it is presumed that an undue hardship if an employer incurs costs in making an accommodation which exceed 10% of the annual salary or the annualized hourly wage of the job in question.

Votes: 
Yes 187
No 213
NV 32

Iowa Delegation: 
Grandy NV
Leach No
Lightfoot No
Nagle No
Smith No
Tauke No

HANSEN AMENDMENT (WILDERNESS--AS AMENDED BY VENTO)

	Congress reaffirms that nothing in the Wilderness Act is to be construed as prohibiting use of a wheelchair in a wilderness area by an individual whose disability requires use of a wheelchair, but no agency is required to provide any form of special treatment or accommodation, or to construct any facilities or modify any conditions of lands within a wilderness area in order to facilitate such use.

	There was no opposition to the amendment and thus was accepted.

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CHAPMAN AMENDMENT (FOOD HANDLERS)

	It is not a violation of the Act for an employer to refuse to assign or continue to assign any employees with an infectious disease of public health significance to a job involving food handling, provided that the employee shall make reasonable accommodation that would offer an alternative employment Opportunity for which the employee is qualified and would sustain no economic damage to the employee.

Votes: 
Yes 199
No 187
NV 46

Iowa Delegation: 
Grandy No
Leach No
Lightfoot Yes
Nagle No
Smith No
Tauke Yes

LIPINSKI AMENDMENT (COMMUTER RAIL)

	A public entity with a fixed-route commuter rail system does not have to purchase or lease readily accessible and usable commuter rail vehicles to meet the requirements of the title if:

(a) one car per train is accessible within 5 years of enactment;

(b) the entity provides clear, concise and adequate notice in its station of which cars are accessible and the location of those cars and trains;

(c) it makes sure services in non-accessible cars are also available in accessible cars.

Vote: 
Yes 110
No 290
NV 32

Iowa Delegation: 
Grandy Yes
Leach No
Lightfoot Yes
Nagle No
Smith No
Tauke No

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SHUSTER AMENDMENT (BUS LIFT WAIVER FOR SMALL COMMUNITIES)

	Exempts public entities with populations of 200,000 or less from fixed route provisions in the Act.

Votes: 
Yes 148
No 266
NV 18

Iowa Delegations: 
Grandy Yes
Leach No
Lightfoot Yes
Nagle No
Smith No
Tauke Yes

SENSENBRENNER AMENDMENT (REMEDIES)

	It delinks the remedies in the ADA from the remedies contained in Title 7 of the Civil Rights Act. It fixes these remedies so that if Title 7 is changed, the ADA must specifically be mentioned in those changes.

Votes: 
Yes 192
No 227
NV 13

Iowa Delegation: 
Grandy Yes
Leach No
Lightfoot Yes
Nagle No
Smith Yes
Tauke Yes

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