[IL-Talk] Legislative Alert: Contact your Congressional Representative Regarding H.R. 3935

[Dustin Cather]

Dear Federation Family,

Thank you to all who made calls and sent emails to your United States
Senators this week. Because of our efforts, H.R. 3935 passed the Senate on
May 9, 2024, with all of the accessibility provisions intact, by an
overwhelming majority. This is great news, but the job is not done yet. The
bill now heads to the House of Representatives for final consideration.

We need your help by contacting your members in the House of
Representatives urging them to vote in favor of H.R. 3935, keeping in these
important accessibility provisions for blind and disabled air travelers.

These provisions include training requirements for assisting passengers
with disabilities, better access standards for the accessibility of
in-flight entertainment, and improved access to airline websites.
Additionally, the bill initiates a pilot program for air passengers to
register their service animal, eliminating the need to complete the service
animal forms for each flight. Therefore, we are asking you to contact your
Representative in the House, either by phone or by email, to urge them to
maintain the disability related portions of the bill while being considered
by the House of Representatives. Given that the House is likely to vote on
this by the end of next week, it would be most beneficial to contact your
Representative’s office before Friday, May 17.

When you call or email, you might say the following:

"Hello, my name is [YOUR NAME], and I am a constituent of [REPRESENTATIVE
NAME]. I live in [CITY, STATE]. I would like to urge [REPRESENTATIVE NAME]
to maintain the accessibility-related provisions of H.R 3935 as it moves
through the House of Representatives. These provisions in the legislation
will help increase the accessibility of air travel for blind and disabled
passengers.

Thanks."

If applicable, feel free to personalize your message with a recent
disability barrier you experienced while traveling.

You can contact your Representative by calling the Capitol Switchboard and
asking for the office in question. The number is 202-224-3121. The contact
information for all House of Representatives offices is also in the
attached spreadsheet. The members on the spreadsheet are organized in
alphabetical order by last name. If you send an email to your
Representative’s office, please copy me at jyoung at nfb.org on the email.

Thank you for all that you do,