S4194-119

In Committee

Inspector General Accessibility Reporting Act

119th Congress Introduced Mar 25, 2026

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

The bill adds or tightens a reporting req provision: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Inspector General Accessibility Reporting Act, adds or tightens a reporting req provision: 2. Findings Congress finds the following: The Department of State aspires to ensure that its buildings and facilities are accessible for individuals with disabilities, and adds or tightens a compliance mandate provision: 3. 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. It relies on reporting requirements, product standards, compliance mandates, and appropriations. The main policy areas are Transportation and Environment.

Who Benefits and How

The available clause analysis does not identify a specific beneficiary group.

Who Bears the Burden and How

No clear private burden is identified from the available clause analysis; implementing agencies may still take on administrative work.

Key Provisions

  • Adds or tightens a reporting req provision: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Inspector General Accessibility Reporting Act.
  • Adds or tightens a reporting req provision: 2. Findings Congress finds the following: The Department of State aspires to ensure that its buildings and facilities are accessible for individuals with disabilities...
  • Adds or tightens a compliance mandate provision: 3. 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...
  • Expands a appropriation, product standard, definition change provision: 4.
  • Adds or tightens a product standard provision: 5. Requiring accessibility information in Office of the Inspector General investigations Section 209(b) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3929(b)) is amended—...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for primary purpose and policy domains.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

The bill adds or tightens a reporting req provision: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Inspector General Accessibility Reporting Act, adds or tightens a reporting req provision: 2. Findings Congress finds the following: The Department of State aspires to ensure that its buildings and facilities are accessible for individuals with disabilities, and adds or tightens a compliance mandate provision: 3. 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.

Key Policy Areas

Transportation, Environment

Primary Purpose

The bill adds or tightens a reporting req provision: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Inspector General Accessibility Reporting Act, adds or tightens a reporting req provision: 2. Findings Congress finds the following: The Department of State aspires to ensure that its buildings and facilities are accessible for individuals with disabilities, and adds or tightens a compliance mandate provision: 3. 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.

Policy Domains

Transportation Environment

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Mar 25, 2026

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

Mar 25, 2026

Introduced in Senate

Mar 25, 2026

Ms. Duckworth (for herself and Mr. Sullivan) introduced the following …

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Transportation Environment
Actor Mappings
"the_secretary"
→ The Secretary identified in the operative section

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