Abstract
Remarkable for both its comprehensive content and its bold mandate, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is one of few laws that legitimately belongs under the rubric of "landmark legislation. " Nancy Lee Jones holds that the ADA highlights a trend of moving from the judicial to the legislative arena in the development of civil-rights policy. Jones walks us through the development of key concepts of the ADA, including "reasonable accommodation" and "undue hardship," as she examines the rich 17-year history of articulating antidiscrimination requirements under section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act. She reviews the legislative history and describes the requirements of the law, as well as offering a glimpse of the next generation of ADA-related issues: the provision of health insurance and the parameters of the definition of disability. Concluding that rights andfunding must go hand in hand, Jones calls for an examination of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act as a potential model for post-ADA disability legislation. As a legislative attorney for the American Law Division of the Congressional Research Service of the U.S. Library of Congress, Jones advised Congress throughout its consideration of the ADA. She provides impartial counselandlegal analysis to members of Congress, their
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