EEOC Seeks Comments on Proposed ADA Regulations

Last year President Bush signed the ADA Amendments Act into law.  It was the first major reform of the ADA since it's passage in 1990 and a critical element was the expansion of the definition of disability so that more people would be protected by its provisions. However, that was just the first step toward improving the ADA's protections.

Now the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) must issue new regulations that will provide the framework for enforcement for years to come.  For this reason, it is critical for the disability community to study them closely to make sure the new regulations uphold the intent of the ADA Amendments Act and not water it down.

Resources for reviewing the proposed regulations

EEOC Announcment of the ADA Amendments Act and Proposed Regulations

Quetions and Answers on the Proposed Rulemaking - a helpful place to start

Download the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in PDF

View the rules online in HTML (text alternative)

Submitting Comments

Just this week the EEOC issued its Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) and the the public may submit witten comments on or before November 23rd, 2009. There are several ways to submit your comments.

Postal Mail

Stephen Llewellyn,
Executive Officer, Executive Secretariat,
Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission, 131 M Street, NE., Suite
4NW08R, Room 6NE03F, Washington, DC 20507

Online

You may also submit comments and attachments electronically at http://www.regulations.gov, which is the ederal eRulemaking Portal.  Follow the instructions online for submitting comments. You can also review comments submitted by others at this site.

For questions about commenting or the process

Contact Christopher Kuczynski, Assistant Legal Counsel, or Jeanne Goldberg, Senior Attorney Advisor, Office of Legal Counsel, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission at (202) 663–
4638 (voice) or (202) 663–7026 (TTY).  These are not toll-free-telephone numbers.