An Overview of Title I of the Americans With Disabilities Act and its Impact Upon Federal Labor Law

REP. No. 116, 101st Cong., 1st Sess. 2 (1989) [hereinafter S. REP.No. 116] ("The purpose of the ADA is to provide a clear and comprehensive national mandate to end discrimination against individuals with disabilities and to bring persons with disabilities into economic and social mainstream of American life ... .3. The ADA was introduced to the Senate on May 9, 1989, and to the House of Representatives on May 13, 1989.136 CONG.REc.59,686 (daily ed.July 13, 1990).It was unanimously approved by the Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources the same year it was introduced.Id.The alacrity with which this legislation passed both houses of Congress should be contrasted with the length of time it took the legislature to pass the North American Free Trade Agreement ("NAFTA"), Pub.L. No. 103-182, 107 Stat.2057 (1993), the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 ("Crime Bill"), Pub.L. No. 103-322, 108 Stat.1796, or the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 ("FMLA"), Pub. 1 Mars: An Overview of Title I of the Americans With Disabilities Act and