AID Local Government Leadership Act
Summary
Accessibility and Inclusion to Diversify Local Government Leadership Act or the AID Local Government Leadership Act This bill establishes a community grant program for local elected or appointed officials who have disabilities. Specifically, the Department of Labor must award grants to eligible entities in a state or associated with an Indian tribe to provide to local elected or appointed officials with disabilities reasonable accommodations needed to enable them to carry out their official work duties. To be eligible to receive a grant an entity shall be a local government that has a local elected or appointed official with a disability who needs a reasonable accommodation to carry out official work duties for a jurisdiction that (1) is in a rural area; (2) has a population of less than 10,000; or (3) has a population of 10,000 to less than 200,000 and a poverty rate of 18% or greater. The reasonable accommodations may include physical adaptations, specialized software, communication supports, certain devices, and transportation services. Labor must annually report on the program's impact.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jul 2022
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Jul 21, 2022
Last action Jul 21, 2022
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Committee
1
Jul 21, 2022
Committee
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
upper
Jul 21, 2022
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
upper
1 primary · 10 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
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State
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P
Robert P. Casey, Jr.
DDemocratic
Co
Alex Padilla
DDemocratic
Co
Amy Klobuchar
DDemocratic
Co
Cory A. Booker
DDemocratic
Co
Kirsten E. Gillibrand
DDemocratic
Co
Patrick J. Leahy
DDemocratic
Co
Richard Blumenthal
DDemocratic
Co
Ron Wyden
DDemocratic
Co
Sherrod Brown
DDemocratic
Co
Tammy Duckworth
DDemocratic
Co
Tina Smith
DDemocratic
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