<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">FYI. Advocacy in action! This is a tremendous step forward for all of us, not just those who fly. Our determination allowed those in congress to see that we are indeed the blind speaking for ourselves. On this global accessibility awareness day, this is reason to celebrate! <div><br><div><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br>Begin forwarded message:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><b>From:</b> "Young, Justin via NFB-Legislative-Directors" <nfb-legislative-directors@nfbnet.org><br><b>Date:</b> May 15, 2024 at 1:56:01 PM CDT<br><b>To:</b> nfb-legislative-directors@nfbnet.org<br><b>Cc:</b> "Young, Justin" <jyoung@nfb.org><br><b>Subject:</b> <b>[NFB-Legislative-Directors] Legislative Alert - May 15, 2024</b><br><b>Reply-To:</b> NFB Legislative Directors List <nfb-legislative-directors@nfbnet.org><br><br></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">
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<p class="MsoNormal">Congratulations to us all on our hard work regarding the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Reauthorization Act! Because of our tremendous work, the House of Representatives on May 15, 2024, passed H.R. 3935 with overwhelming bipartisan
support keeping all of the accessibility provisions intact. Thank you to all who made calls and sent emails to your United States Senators and Representatives over the past two weeks! H.R. 3935 is expected to head to President Biden’s desk no later than Friday
May 17, 2024 for his consideration and we anticipate he will sign the bill thereby reauthorizing the Federal Aviation Administration.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Specific accessibility provisions in H.R. 3935 that would benefit blind and disabled air travelers include:
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<p class="MsoNormal">We believe these are significant improvements to the air traveling process for blind and disabled passengers. The National Federation of the Blind strongly advocated for many of the above mentioned accessibility provisions and your calls/emails
made an impact ensuring the above items were kept in the final legislative package. This is great work and we all should be proud of our collective action on this issue.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Justin T. Young, Ed.D</span><span style="mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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