H.R. 994: ACCESS (ADA Compliance for Customer Entry to Stores and Services) Act of 2013
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H.R. 994: ACCESS (ADA Compliance for Customer Entry to Stores and Services) Act of 2013
113th Congress · introduced 2013-03-06 · Law · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution And Civil Justice.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2013-03-06 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Calvert, Ken [R-CA-42] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution And Civil Justice. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
ACCESS (ADA Compliance for Customer Entry to Stores and Services) Act of 2013
Plain summary
ACCESS (ADA Compliance for Customer Entry to Stores and Services) Act of 2013 - Amends the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 to prohibit an aggrieved person from commencing a civil action for discrimination based on the failure to remove a structural barrier to entry into an existing public accommodation unless the owner or operator of such accommodation: (1) is provided a written notice specific enough to identify such barrier; and (2) has, within specified time periods, either failed to provide the aggrieved person with a written description outlining improvements that will be made to remove such barrier or provided such description and failed to remove such barrier.
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Official text
ACCESS (ADA Compliance for Customer Entry to Stores and Services) Act of 2013
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Rep. Calvert, Ken [R-CA-42] · 13 cosponsors
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Cosponsors on this site
Tom McClintock (R-CA), David G. Valadao (R-CA), Darrell Issa (R-CA), Michael K. Simpson (R-ID)
Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Calvert, Ken [R-CA-42] reported raising $7.1 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-113hr994.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/113/hr>
Record fed-us-cong113-hr994 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong113 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong113