The U.S. Department of Energy has placed a 60-day postponement on the Direct Final Rule for building Section 504. This Direct Final Rule would remove accessibility requirements and standards for new DOE-funded buildings, weakening protections for those with disabilities.
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Join your Community Morning Crew for the question of the day; reading of the daily schedule; and sharing time.
Say to your Amazon device, “ask ACB Media to play 5.”
All times listed are in Eastern.
Join your Community Morning Crew for the question of the day; reading of the daily schedule; and sharing time.
Say to your Amazon device, “ask ACB Media to play 5.”
All times listed are in Eastern.
Join your Community Morning Crew for the question of the day; reading of the daily schedule; and sharing time.
Say to your Amazon device, “ask ACB Media to play 5.”
All times listed are in Eastern.
Join your Community Morning Crew for the question of the day; reading of the daily schedule; and sharing time.
Say to your Amazon device, “ask ACB Media to play 5.”
The 2025 Audio Description People’s Choice Award finalist voting round is being held July 6-20. The winners will be revealed during the 2025 ACB Audio Description Awards Gala, which will take place virtually on November 13 at 7:30 PM ET.
On July 1, the Senate passed its version of the reconciliation package. After a long-night of debate, the bill passed with the narrowest of margins; a tie was broken by Vice President Vance. The bill will now return to the House of Representatives.
The Senate bill includes trillions of dollars in tax cuts. Like the original House version, it includes work requirements for Medicaid recipients and will subsequently cut significant funding to Medicaid services. Advocates should reach out to their House offices when requesting edits to the bill.
The Senate recently reintroduced the Older Americans Reauthorization Act. The reauthorization was slotted to go through in the last Congressional session, but never made it all the way through. Now, in the 119th Congress, we need to urge Congress to pass the bill. The Older Americans Act, which has been around since 1965, provides various services to people over the age of 60 to ensure they receive needed services.
On Wednesday, June 18, the Senate reintroduced the Older Americans Reauthorization Act. The OAA was last reauthorized in 2020. Congress had worked to reauthorize it in the last Congressional session, but was unsuccessful. ACB follows the bill closely because of the large number of aging Americans who are likely to lose vision. ACB has and continues to advocate for more provisions of the bill to include vision services for the aging community. ACB thanks our affiliate, AAVL, for there strong advocacy on this issue.