Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Disability and Age in Jury Service Nondiscrimination Act”.
Disability and Age in Jury Service Nondiscrimination Act
A BILL
To amend title 28, United States Code, to prohibit the exclusion of individuals from service on a Federal jury on account of disability.
Sec. 2 Exclusion from Federal juries on account of disability
Discrimination prohibited— Section 1862 of title 28, United States Code, is amended by inserting “disability, age,” after “origin,”.
in subsection (b)(4), by striking “infirmity” and inserting “disability that cannot be reasonably accommodated”; and
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.”