,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #daid  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,march #be1    
#bjbf,ms4 ,duckworth 7for herself and   
,mr4 ,sullivan7 introduced the following
 bill2 which was read twice and referred
 to the ,committee on ,foreign          
,relations  ,a ,,bill  ,to require the  
inclusion of an accessibility assessment
 during inspections of overseas         
diplomatic facilities by the ,inspector 
,general of the ,department of ,state4  
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,inspector ,general             
,accessibility ,reporting ,act4  #b4    
,findings ,congress finds the following3
 7#a7 ,the ,department of ,state aspires
 to ensure that its buildings and       
facilities are accessible for           
individuals with disabilities1 including
 its facilities overseas4  7#b7 ,the    
,department of ,state has provided      
successive annual reports in #bjbd      
7,department ,report ,number #jjfabe7   
and #bjbe 7,department ,report ,number  

#jjfhcg7 that provide a snapshot of the 
self-reported status of ,barrier-,free  
,accessibility at the ,department's     
overseas posts4  #c4 ,purpose ,the      
purpose of this ,act is to continue     
enabling regular oversight and to ensure
 the ,department of ,state meets its    
accessibility objectives and any        
associated statutory requirements by    
requiring additional1 predictable data  
points from independent inspections of  
these posts1 such as those regularly    
completed by the ,department of ,state's
 ,office of ,inspector ,general4  #d4   
,definitions ,section #ajb of the       
,foreign ,service ,act of #aihj 7#bb    
,u4,s4,c4 #cijb7 is amended-- 7#a7 by   
redesignating paragraphs 7#c7 through   
7#ab7 as paragraphs 7#f7 through 7#ae71 
respectively2  7#b7 by redesignating    
paragraph 7#b7 as paragraph 7#d72  7#c7 
by inserting after paragraph 7#a7 the   
following3  7#b7 ,access ,board means   
the ,architectural and ,transportation  
,barriers ,compliance ,board established

 under section #ejb of the              
,rehabilitation ,act of #aigc 7#bi      
,u4,s4,c4 #gib72  7#c7 ,accessibility   
,standards means-- 7,a7 standards       
7including guidelines7 established by   
the ,access ,board in compliance with   
the ,architectural ,barriers ,act2  7,b7
 standards established by the ,access   
,board in compliance with section #ejh  
of the ,rehabilitation ,act of #aigc    
7#bi ,u4,s4,c4 #gid;d72 and  7,c7 such  
other standards as are deemed           
appropriate by the ,secretary of ,state 
to ensure compliance with the           
,architectural ,barriers ,act and title 
,v of the ,rehabilitation ,act of #aigc 
7#bi ,u4,s4,c4 #gia et seq472  2 and    
7#d7 by inserting after paragraph 7#d71 
as redesignated1 the following3  7#e7   
,architectural ,barriers ,act means the 
,act entitled ,an ,act to ensure that   
certain buildings financed with ,federal
 funds are so designed and constructed  
as to be accessible to the physically   
handicapped1 approved ,august #ab1 #aifh

 7commonly known as the ,architectural  
,barriers ,act of #aifh7 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 
#daea et seq472  4  #e4 ,requiring      
accessibility information in ,office of 
the ,inspector ,general investigations  
,section #bji7;b7 of the ,foreign       
,service ,act of #aihj 7#bb ,u4,s4,c4   
#cibi7;b77 is amended-- 7#a7 in         
paragraph 7#d71 by striking and at the  
end2  7#b7 in paragraph 7#e71 by        
striking the period at the end and      
inserting 2 and2 and  7#c7 by adding at 
the end the following3  7#f7 the extent 
to which the post1 bureau1 or other     
operating unit under inspection meets   
the ,accessibility ,standards1 including
 the building and facility standards    
under the ,architectural ,barriers ,act4
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