[Nd-talk] Late Breaking News

[Milton Ota]

Greetings Fellow Federationist:

 

Because there was no Presidential Release on Saturday, June 3, 2017 during
our monthly meeting I have now linked the June Presidential Release 462 on
our homepage at http://nfbnd.org/ You can finde find it under the heading
Presidential Releases.

 

For the month of July we will have a conference call meeting on Monday, July
17 so that I can give you an update as to what happened at the convention.
Watch your e-mail inbox for the time.

 

The following is a Legislative Update from John Pare. If you do contact our
congressional deligates by e-mail, please CC: a copy of your note to me for
forwarding to our National Office.

 

It is time for our pre-convention legislative surge. Both the United States
House of Representatives and the United States Senate are back in session
beginning Tuesday, June 6 and they need to hear from all of us. We are up to
twenty-two cosponsors on AIM HIGH, H.R. 1772, five cosponsors on the Access
Technology Affordability Act, H.R. 1734, and eight cosponsors on the TIME
Act, H.R. 1377. In the Senate, the Access Technology Affordability Act, S.
732, has one cosponsor. 

 

Congress will be back in session for the next four weeks but please try to
make your calls and send your emails by this  Friday, June 9. 

Ask your representative to cosponsor H.R. 1772, H.R. 1734, and H.R. 1377.
Please also call your two senators and ask them to cosponsor S. 732.

A short summary of each bill is included below. I have also included a list
of all the current cosponsors.

The best way to contact your member of Congress is to call the Capitol
Switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and ask for the office in question. Emailing
your member of Congress is also a good idea. If you do so, please copy
JPare at nfb.org. 

 

We are hoping to significantly raise the number of cosponsors on all of our
bills before convention but we cannot do it without everyone working
together. Your calls and emails make a big difference. 

 

Thanks for all you do!

Warm regards,

John

John Paré

(410) 659-9314 x 2218

National Federation of the Blind

Bill Summaries 

 

Accessible Instructional Material in Higher Education Act, H.R. 1772 (AIM
HIGH)

 

This bill will promote instructional technology and content that are
accessible to the blind and other students with print disabilities. Read the
AIM HIGH fact sheet to learn more.

Access Technology Affordability Act of 2017, H.R. 1734 and S. 732 (ATAA)

These bills will facilitate the purchase of access technology for blind
people by creating a refundable, per person tax credit. Read the Access
Technology Affordability Act of 2017 fact sheet to learn more.

 

Transitioning to Integrated and Meaningful Employment Act of 2017, H.R. 1377
(TIME)

This bill will increase employment opportunities by removing stigmas and low
expectations propagated by section 14(c) of the Fair Labor Standards Act.
Note that the bill now phases out subminimum wages over a six year period
corresponding to the recommendation of the National Council on Disability.
Read the TIME Act fact sheet to learn more.

 

Current cosponsors 

 

Accessible Instructional Material in Higher Education Act, H.R. 1772 (AIM
HIGH) Current Cosponsors

Rep. Roe, David P. [R-TN-1] - Sponsor

Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]

Rep. Garamendi, John [D-CA-3]

Rep. Courtney, Joe [D-CT-2]

Rep. Murphy, Stephanie N. [D-FL-7]

Rep. Ross, Dennis A. [R-FL-15]

Rep. Hanabusa, Colleen [D-HI-1]

Rep. Kinzinger, Adam [R-IL-16]*

Rep. Krishnamoorthi, Raja [D-IL-8]

Rep. Brooks, Susan W. [R-IN-5]

Rep. Visclosky, Peter J. [D-IN-1]

Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2]

Rep. Nolan, Richard M. [D-MN-8]

Rep. Kildee, Daniel T. [D-MI-5]

Rep. Harper, Gregg [R-MS-3]

Rep. Thompson, Bennie G. [D-MS-2]

Rep. Amodei, Mark E. [R-NV-2]

Rep. Stefanik, Elise M. [R-NY-21]

Rep. Price, David E. [D-NC-4]

Rep. Thompson, Glenn [R-PA-5]

Rep. Gonzalez-Colon, Jenniffer [R-PR-At Large]

Rep. Green, Gene [D-TX-29]

Rep. Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr. [R-WI-5]

 

Access Technology Affordability Act of 2017, H.R. 1734 and S. 732 (ATAA)
Current Cosponsors

Rep. Young, David [R-IA-3] - Sponsor

Rep. Roybal-Allard, Lucille [D-CA-40]

Rep. Bilirakis, Gus M. [R-FL-12]

Rep. Hanabusa, Colleen [D-HI-1]

Rep. Moulton, Seth [D-MA-6]

Rep. Smucker, Lloyd [R-PA-16]

 

Transitioning to Integrated and Meaningful Employment Act of 2017, H.R. 1377
(TIME) Current Cosponsors

Rep. Harper, Gregg [R-MS-3] – Sponsor

Rep. Calvert, Ken [R-CA-42]

Rep. Swalwell, Eric [D-CA-15]

Rep. Murphy, Stephanie N. [D-FL-7]

Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9]

Rep. Pingree, Chellie [D-ME-1]

Rep. Lujan Grisham, Michelle [D-NM-1]

Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9]

Rep. Gonzalez-Colon, Jenniffer [R-PR-A

 

Sincerely,

Milton Ota, President

National Federation of the Blind of North Dakota

Web: http://nfbnd.org/

909 8th St., S.

Fargo, ND 58103-2723

Cell: (701) 731-0511

E-mail: mota1252 at gmail.com

 

The National Federation of the Blind knows that blindness is not the
characteristic that defines you or your future. Every day we raise the
expectations of blind people, because low expectations create obstacles
between blind people and our dreams. You can live the life you want;
blindness is not what holds you back.

 

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