42 U.S.C. § 12205a
Rule of construction regarding regulatory authority
The authority to issue regulations granted to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Attorney General, and the Secretary of Transportation under this chapter includes the authority to issue regulations implementing the definitions of disability in section 12102 of this title (including rules of construction) and the definitions in section 12103 of this title, consistent with the ADA Amendments Act of 2008.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 9
cases (4 in the last 5 years), 2012–2025 · leading case: Karen Shields v. Credit One Bank, N.A., 32 F.4th 1218 (9th Cir. 2022).
Karen Shields v. Credit One Bank, N.A., 32 F.4th 1218 (9th Cir. 2022). “42 U.S.C. § 12205a. 4 4 Prior to the addition of this language, the EEOC’s express regulatory authority in § 106 extended only to issuing regulations to 12 SHIELDS V.”
Badwal v. Bd. of Trs. of the Univ. of the Dist. of Columbia, 139 F. Supp. 3d 295 (D.D.C. 2015). “42 U.S.C. § 12205a. Accordingly, the Court must give the EEOC regulations "controlling weight.”
Floyd v. Lee, 85 F. Supp. 3d 482 (D.D.C. 2015). “” 42 U.S.C. § 12205a. The Court thus gives the EEOC regulations "controlling weight.”
Angell v. Fairmount Fire Prot. Dist., 907 F. Supp. 2d 1242 (D. Colo. 2012). “"The authority to issue regulations granted to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission .”
Doe v. Samuel Merritt Univ., 921 F. Supp. 2d 958 (N.D. Cal. 2013). “” See 42 U.S.C. § 12205a (“Rule of construction regarding regulatory authority”).”
Siko (W.D. Pa. 2025). “42 U.S.C. § 12205a. Courts have noted that Congress amended the ADA specifically to address certain impairments, including cancer, HIV-AIDS, epilepsy, diabetes, multiple sclerosis, amputated and partially amputated limbs, post-traumatic stress disorder, and intellectual and…”
Nicole Colton v. FEHRER Auto., North Am., LLC (11th Cir. 2021). “2 (h)(1) (emphasis added); 42 U.S.C. § 12205a; see also Harrison v. Benchmark Elecs.”
Pena Arita v. United States of Am. (S.D. Tex. 2020). “65 42 U.S.C. § 12205a. occurred.66 Lastly, this holding is consistent with the Second and Sixth Circuits.”
Foster (N.D. Ohio 2025). “15, 2010); citing 42 U.S.C. § 12205a).) Foster is correct that Title II of the ADA covers public entities, Tennessee v.”
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