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118TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION H. R. 2442
To amend title 28, United States Code, to prohibit the exclusion of individuals
from service on a Federal jury on account of disability.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 30, 2023
Ms. PORTER (for herself, Ms. NORTON, Ms. SCANLON, and Ms. SCHAKOWSKY)
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the
Judiciary
A BILL
To amend title 28, United States Code, to prohibit the exclu-
sion of individuals from service on a Federal jury on
account of disability.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Disability and Age in
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Jury Service Nondiscrimination Act’’.
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SEC. 2. EXCLUSION FROM FEDERAL JURIES ON ACCOUNT
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OF DISABILITY.
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(a) DISCRIMINATION PROHIBITED.—Section 1862 of
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title 28, United States Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘dis-
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ability, age,’’ after ‘‘origin,’’.
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(b) QUALIFICATIONS FOR JURY SERVICE.—Section
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1865 of title 28, United States Code, is amended—
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(1) in subsection (b)(4), by inserting ‘‘that can-
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not be reasonably accommodated’’ after ‘‘infirmity’’;
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and
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(2) by adding at the end the following:
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‘‘(c) No person may be disqualified from serving on
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grand and petit juries in the district court under para-
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graph (2) or (3) of subsection (b) on account of disability,
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if the person would be qualified under such paragraph (2)
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or (3) by reasonable accommodation.’’.
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