[Federal Register: October 15, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 199)]
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COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS

 
Hearing on the Americans With Disabilities Act

AGENCY: Commission on Civil Rights.

ACTION: Notice of hearing.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given pursuant to the provisions of the Civil 
Rights Commission Amendments Act of 1994, Section 3, Public Law 103-
419, 108 Stat. 4338, as amended, and 45 CFR 702.3., that a public 
hearing before the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights will commence on 
Thursday, November 12 through Friday, November 13, 1998, beginning 
daily at 8:00 a.m., in the Washington Room, at the Washington Plaza 
Hotel, 10 Thomas Circle, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20005. The purpose of 
the hearing is to collect information within the jurisdiction of the 
Commission, under 45 CFR 702.2, related particularly to discrimination 
against qualified individuals with a disability in regard to either 
employment or the delivery of services, programs or activities of state 
and local government under Title I and Title II, Subtitle A of the 
Americans With Disabilities Act.
    The Commission is authorized to hold hearings and to issue 
subpoenas for the production of documents and the attendance of 
witnesses pursuant to 45 CFR 701.2(c). The Commission is an independent 
bipartisan, fact finding agency authorized to study, collect, and 
disseminate information, and to appraise the laws and policies of the 
Federal Government, and to study and collect information with respect 
to discrimination or denials of equal protection of the laws under the 
Constitution because of race, color, religion, sex, age, disability, or 
national origin, or in the administration of justice.
    Hearing impaired persons who will attend the hearing and require 
the services of a sign language interpreter, should contact Betty 
Edmiston, Administrative Services and Clearinghouse Division at (202) 
376-8105 (TDD (202) 376-8116), at least five (5) working days before 
the scheduled date of the hearing.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Barbara Brooks, Press and 
Communications (202) 376-8312.

    Dated: October 9, 1998.
Stephanie Y. Moore,
General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 98-27675 Filed 10-9-98; 2:34 pm]
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