AID Local Government Leadership Act
Offers qualifying local governments grants to help pay for accommodations for officials with disabilities.
In the House Education and Workforce Committee since Oct. 1, 2026, 5 days after it was introduced. Most bills never leave committee.
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What the bill would do, and why it matters
Local officials with disabilities may need changes or supports to carry out their public duties. The bill would offer grants to qualifying local governments to help pay for those accommodations. Recipients would contribute matching funds and maintain a local accommodations account after the grant ends.
- INTRODUCED ONLY This bill has been introduced and possibly referred to a committee, but it has not passed any vote. Most introduced bills never become law — they die in committee without a hearing.
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- Create grants for local accommodations
The Labor Secretary would award local governments grants of $3,000 to $50,000 per year to pay for accommodations that help an elected or appointed official with a disability do official work. Examples include office adaptations, specialized software, sign language interpreters, and transportation to work events, but not commuting.
- Limit grants to eligible communities
A local government could apply if it has an official with a disability who needs an accommodation and its jurisdiction is rural, has fewer than 10,000 people, or has 10,000 to fewer than 200,000 people and a poverty rate of at least 18 percent. Grants would be awarded first come, first served until that year's funds are used.
- Require local matching funds
Recipients would have to provide non-federal matching funds equal to at least 25 percent of the grant amount each year and place those funds in an accommodations account. They would have to keep that account funded for at least four years after the grant ends, with a balance equal to the match they contributed during the grant.
- Track grants and accommodations
The Labor Secretary would report annually on applications, recipients, communities, officials' positions, and funded accommodations. Starting in the program's third year, reports would also include the amounts invested in accommodations accounts and aggregate demographic information about officials served.
The bill cites the underrepresentation of people with disabilities in elected offices and says local governments may not have enough consistent funding to provide needed accommodations. It also cites the Americans with Disabilities Act requirement that local governments provide reasonable accommodations for officials' work duties.
The grants are intended to help qualifying communities pay for accommodations and build a continuing source of local funding for them. The bill authorizes money for the program for fiscal years 2027 through 2033.
Written from the bill text.
The path it took, step by step
- IntroducedOCT 1, 2026HOUSEOCT 1, 2026By Rep. Dean with 1 original cosponsorReferred to Education and Workforce
- SAME DAYNOWHouse committeeOCT 1, 2026EDUCATION & WORKFORCE NOWOCT 1, 2026In committee for 5 daysNo hearing yet
- 5 DAYS SO FARPassed the House—HOUSE FLOOR—Not scheduled
- Senate committee—SENATE—
- Passed the Senate—SENATE FLOOR—Not scheduled
- Resolve differencesONLY IF NEEDEDBOTH CHAMBERSONLY IF NEEDEDSkipped if the other chamber passes the same text
- Signed into law—PRESIDENT—10 days to sign or veto
- OCT 12026OCT 1, 2026REFERREDHOUSEReferred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
- OCT 12026OCT 1, 2026INTRODUCEDHOUSEIntroduced in House
At day 5, this bill is already older than 3% of the laws passed this Congress were when they were signed.
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Plus the sponsor, a Democrat. Every cosponsor is from one party.
Plus the sponsor, a Democrat. Every cosponsor is from one party.
Rep. Dean’s record: sponsored 25 bills this Congress. 0 passed the House; 0 became law.
- Mary Gay ScanlonD-PA-5ORIGINAL
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