Track bills, resolutions, and amendments moving through Congress
DeOndra Dixon INCLUDE Project Act of 2026
The bill directs federal research coordination and increased study of Down syndrome to improve diagnosis, care, and social inclusion, but does so at added federal cost and with risks of resource diversion, privacy concerns, and limited immediate services unless further funding and protections are provided.
Charlotte Woodward Organ Transplant Discrimination Prevention Act
Baby Changing on Board Act
ThinkDIFFERENTLY About Disability Employment Act
The bill expands SBA support to improve employment and entrepreneurship opportunities for people with disabilities and assists small businesses while avoiding new authorized appropriations, but relying on existing budgets risks underfunding, delayed services, and shifted costs onto agencies, states, small businesses, or taxpayers.
Entrepreneurs with Disabilities Reporting Act of 2025
Automotive Support Services to Improve Safe Transportation Act of 2025
The bill secures continued pension payments and clarifies coverage for vehicle adaptations—improving stability and access for veterans—while increasing federal costs and posing short-term implementation risks for benefit delivery.
Veterans Accessibility Advisory Committee Act of 2025
The bill creates a new VA advisory committee and transparency requirements to improve accessibility for veterans with disabilities, while preserving a short-term pension benefit extension — trading modest recurring administrative costs, potential limits on expert participation, and risks to long-term oversight continuity for improved accountability and access improvements.
Commemorating the centennial year of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.
The resolution increases public recognition and reinforces professional standing for speech, language, and hearing services, but it is symbolic and does not provide new funding or enforceable rights, so concrete benefits depend on follow-on policy or funding actions.
Calling on Congress, schools, and State and local educational agencies to recognize the significant educational implications of dyslexia that must be addressed, and designating October 2025 as "National Dyslexia Awareness Month".
The bill increases federal attention to dyslexia to promote earlier identification and evidence-based support for students, but it may create unfunded local costs, privacy/labeling risks, and pressure toward standardized approaches that could miss individual needs.
Designating the week beginning September 7, 2025, as "National Direct Support Professionals Week".
The bill prioritizes better federal tracking and recognition of direct care occupations to improve supports for people with disabilities and workforce planning, but the change could slow immediate fixes and may lead to increased federal costs.
Recognizing the importance of independent living and economic self-sufficiency for individuals with disabilities made possible by the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and calling for further action to strengthen and expand health care for individuals with disabilities to work and live in the community.
The resolution promotes civil‑rights–centered federal support and coordination to expand community-based services and address COVID/Long COVID disparities for people with disabilities, while risking higher public costs, new administrative burdens, and possible short‑term care disruptions as services shift away from institutions.
Affirming that diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility are fundamental values of the United States and emphasizing the ongoing need to address discrimination and inequality in the workplace, pre-K through 12th grade and higher education systems, government programs, the military, and our society.
The bill strengthens federal commitment to DEIA and anti-discrimination enforcement across housing, employment, health, and contracting—improving access and protections for underserved groups while increasing compliance, legal, and fiscal costs for taxpayers, employers, and institutions.
Designating April 30, 2025, as "National Assistive Technology Awareness Day".
The resolution clarifies that assistive technology is a covered need—potentially improving access and inclusion for millions of students, workers, older adults, and people with disabilities—while creating possible new costs and administrative pressures for states and taxpayers without specifying funding or implementation details.
Recognizing the need to improve physical access to many federally funded facilities for all people of the United States, particularly people with disabilities.
The resolution reaffirms equal-access principles and highlights disparities to inform future policy, but it contains no binding requirements or funding to produce immediate, concrete accessibility improvements.
Do No Harm Act
The bill strengthens enforcement of civil‑rights, workplace, health‑care, and program‑benefit protections by narrowing RFRA remedies in private and federally funded contexts, at the cost of restricting federal RFRA relief for religious actors and raising legal, compliance, and administrative burdens for some providers and governments.
ENABLE Act
The bill permanently expands tax-favored saving routes for people with disabilities and their families—increasing and preserving disability-related savings—while producing modest federal revenue loss and risks of uneven uptake and short-term implementation complexity.
BRAVE Act of 2025
The bill aims to expand, tailor, and better-coordinate suicide-prevention and mental health services for veterans—especially women, rural, and disabled veterans—but does so with new reporting, staffing flexibilities, and potential costs that may strain VA capacity, raise privacy and quality risks, and require fixes to a drafting error to realize intended funding.
ASAP Act
The bill accelerates accessibility upgrades for older rail systems and promotes equity and user-informed planning by providing substantial federal funding, at the tradeoff of recurring federal cost, required local matches that may strain smaller jurisdictions, and a competitive design that may leave some communities and newer systems without help.
Restoration of Employment Choice for Adults with Disabilities Act
The bill creates faster, clearer paths for some people with disabilities to take paid work and eases employers' hiring hurdles, but does so by expanding and legitimizing exceptions that risk lowering wages, weakening protections, and undermining long-term supports for disabled workers.
Latonya Reeves Freedom Act of 2026
The bill creates strong, federally enforceable rights and supports for people with disabilities to receive community‑based LTSS and accessible housing—expanding autonomy and enforcement—while imposing substantial fiscal, administrative, and legal burdens on states, providers, insurers, and taxpayers that could cause service disruptions and access tradeoffs during implementation.
Air Carrier Access Amendments Act
The bill meaningfully strengthens enforceable rights and penalties to improve air travel accessibility for people with disabilities, but it increases liability, compliance costs, and litigation/enforcement pressure on carriers that could raise fares, reduce services, and strain courts.
Alice Cogswell and Anne Sullivan Macy Act
The bill substantially improves identification, early intervention, specialized services, workforce training, and data-driven oversight for children with hearing and vision loss—but does so at the cost of meaningful new spending, added administrative burdens, possible workforce shortfalls, and potential conflicts over classification and parental choice.
Enhanced Alerts for Missing Loved Ones with Disabilities Act of 2026
The bill aims to improve safety for missing persons with developmental disabilities and make alerting more consistent across jurisdictions, but does so at the cost of increased privacy risks for vulnerable adults and added resource and implementation burdens for law enforcement and government agencies.
KIDS Act
The bill strengthens protections for children, families, people with disabilities, and due process at sensitive locations and after unlawful enforcement, but does so by narrowing enforcement discretion and creating legal and administrative costs and uncertainties that could complicate removals and public-safety operations.
Reproductive Health Care Accessibility Act
The bill aims to improve sexual and reproductive health access and workforce capacity for people with disabilities through targeted funding, training, and technical assistance, but it requires new federal spending and introduces administrative and implementation challenges—and may face legal or political resistance in some areas.
Clarify the use of direct deposit for contributions to ABLE programs.
The bill lets payors deposit wages and benefits directly into ABLE accounts to simplify saving for people with disabilities and reduce family paperwork, while imposing minor admin costs on payors and a small risk of occasional misdirected deposits.
Communications, Video, and Technology Accessibility Act of 2026
The bill substantially expands legally enforceable accessibility across devices, video content, and real‑time communications—meaningfully improving access for people with disabilities—but it does so at the cost of new compliance burdens, regulatory complexity, and implementation uncertainty for industry and the FCC.
Guardianship Bill of Rights Act of 2026
The bill substantially strengthens due process, oversight, and alternatives to full guardianship—giving many disabled people and seniors more autonomy and protections—but does so with significant implementation complexity and likely costs that fall to states, localities, and taxpayers, and with some risk of uneven state uptake and privacy or legal conflicts.
Inspector General Accessibility Reporting Act
The bill strengthens and clarifies accessibility standards and oversight for State Department facilities—improving access and accountability for people with disabilities—but will raise compliance, reporting, and renovation costs and create administrative burdens unless accompanied by dedicated resources.
State Department Disability Policy and Accommodations Act
The bill would substantially increase U.S. diplomatic focus, transparency, and programmatic inclusion for people with disabilities abroad—improving access, advocacy, and accountability—at the cost of new recurring spending, added administrative burdens, and risks of implementation delays or overlap without guaranteed follow‑through.
