A bill to amend the Education of the Handicapped Act to permit an action to be brought against a State under the Eleventh Amendment of the Constitution for a violation of such Act, and for other purposes.

Summary

Amends the Education of the Handicapped Act to provide that: (1) a State shall not be immune under the Eleventh Amendment of the Constitution of the United States from suit in Federal court for a violation of such Act; and (2) the same remedies are available for such a violation in a suit against a State as are available against any other public or private entity.

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Timeline

1. 31 July 1989

   Introduced

   Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 31 July 1989

   Introduced

   Introduced in Senate

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 13 September 1989

   Referred

   Referred to Subcommittee on Handicapped (Labor and Human Res.).

   Source: Committee

4. 26 September 1989

   Committee

   Committee on Labor and Human Resources requested executive comment from Department of Education.

   Source: Committee

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• Introduced in Senate · — · Download file

Documents

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• Introduced in Senate (text)

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• Introduced in Senate

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Sponsors

• Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] · R · Sponsor
• Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Durenberger, Dave [R-MN] · R · Sponsor
• Sen. Simon, Paul [D-IL] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Sanford, Terry [D-NC] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT] · D · Sponsor
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