119-HR5096
Disability and Age in Jury Service Nondiscrimination Act
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 5096
1. Short title2. Exclusion from Federal juries on account of disability1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the "Disability and Age in Jury Service Nondiscrimination Act".
2. Exclusion from Federal juries on account of disability
(a) Discrimination prohibited - Section 1862 of title 28, United States Code, is amended by inserting "disability, age," after "origin,".
(b) Qualifications for jury service - Section 1865 of title 28, United States Code, is amended—
(1) - in subsection (b)(4), by striking "infirmity" inserting "disability that cannot be reasonably accommodated"; and
(2) - by adding at the end the following:
(c) - No person may be disqualified from serving on grand and petit juries in the district court under paragraph (2) or (3) of subsection (b) on account of disability if the person would be qualified under such paragraph (2) or (3) by reasonable accommodation.