[NFBF-L] Legislative Priorities Announced for 118th Congress and for 2023 Washington Seminar

[Judith Hamilton]

Congrats, Sherri and all.
Judy Hamilton

On Tue, Dec 13, 2022 at 9:19 PM Sherri Brun via NFBF-L <nfbf-l at nfbnet.org>
wrote:

> I am so excited and honored to have been chosen to participate in the
> upcoming Washington Seminar.  I am especially excited that our wonderful
> students are involved.  Like Russ said, I hope I can keep up.  I also want
> to thank Camille and Russ for all you do for legislation in our state.
> Great job!!!
>
>
>
> Sherri
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>
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> *From:* NFBF-L <nfbf-l-bounces at nfbnet.org> *On Behalf Of *Russ Davis via
> NFBF-L
> *Sent:* Tuesday, December 13, 2022 7:19 PM
> *To:* 'NFB of Florida Internet Mailing List' <nfbf-l at nfbnet.org>; 'NFB of
> Florida List for Leaders' <nfbf-leaders at nfbnet.org>
> *Cc:* russell at radiorusty.com
> *Subject:* [NFBF-L] Legislative Priorities Announced for 118th Congress
> and for 2023 Washington Seminar
>
>
>
> Hello Again Everyone,
>
>
>
> The Office of Advocacy and Policy for the National Federation of the Blind
> has provided information regarding the three legislative priorities for the
> upcoming Washington Seminar and for the start of the 118th Congress. We
> eagerly await this exciting announcement each December and so, I am glad to
> be able to provide you with the information as it currently stands.
>
>
>
> Two of the three bills are familiar to us already and the third is new to
> us. The issues are:
>
>
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>    1. Website and Software Applications Accessibility Act
>    2. Medical Device Nonvisual Accessibility Act
>    3. Eliminating the "Earnings Cliff" for SSDI.
>
>
>
> Fact sheets for these three prospective pieces of legislation are being
> developed and should be released sometime around January 6th, 2023.
> Although the fact sheets for the Medical and Website bills will most likely
> look a bit differently than they did in the 117th Congress, it might be
> helpful to read over them again. Remember too that the bills will have new
> House and Senate bill numbers once they are reintroduced.
>
>
>
> As for the Access Technology Affordability Act, we are watching carefully
> the proceedings for the omnibus and tax extension bills working there way
> through Congress this month. We are hopeful that the ATAA will be included
> in the large package of bills that may come up for a vote before the 118th
> Congress adjourns. If the ATAA does not get passed into law this year, we
> are hopeful we will see it again sometime in early 2023 and can recapture
> the tremendous amount of support it currently has.
>
>
>
> I hope that this information has been helpful to you and I look forward to
> sharing more soon.
>
>
>
> Respectfully,
>
>
> Russ Davis, Co-Legislative Director,
>
> National Federation of the Blind of Florida
>
> Ph. 904-993-8433
>
> Email: russell at radiorusty.com
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