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GAO-11-304R 1 (2011-01-13)

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V 1    Accountability * Integrity * Reliability
United States Government Accountability Office
Washington, DC 20548


          B-321403


          January 13, 2011

          The Honorable Joseph I. Lieberman
          Chairman
          The Honorable Susan M. Collins
          Ranking Member
          Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
          United States Senate

          The Honorable Lamar Smith
          Chairman
          The Honorable John Conyers, Jr.
          Ranking Member
          Committee on the Judiciary
          House of Representatives

          Subject: Department of Justice: Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability by
                  Public Accommodations and in Commercial Facilities

          Pursuant to section 801(a)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code, this is our report on a
          major rule promulgated by the Department of Justice (Department), entitled
          Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability by Public Accommodations and in
          Commercial Facilities (RIN: 1190-AA44). We received the rule on December 30,
          2010. It was published in the Federal Register as a final rule on September 15, 2010,
          with an effective date of March 15, 2011. 75 Fed. Reg. 56,236.

          The final rule revises the Department regulation that implements title III of the
          Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), relating to nondiscrimination on the basis of
          disability by public accommodations and in commercial facilities. The Department
          is issuing this final rule in order to adopt enforceable accessibility standards under
          the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) that are consistent with the
          minimum guidelines and requirements issued by the Architectural and
          Transportation Barriers Compliance Board, and to update or amend certain
          provisions of the title III regulation so that they comport with the Department's legal
          and practical experiences in enforcing the ADA since 1991. Concurrently with the
          publication of the final rule for title III, the Department is publishing a final rule
          amending its ADA title II regulation, which covers nondiscrimination on the basis of
          disability in state and local government services.


GAO- 11-304R

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