Honoring El Paso Desert ADAPT for its more than four decades of service in support of disability rights.

89th Legislature (2025) Introduced by Mary González

H.R. 1148 honors El Paso Desert ADAPT for 40+ years of disability-rights advocacy; a symbolic, non-binding resolution that congratulates the group with no funding or policy changes

Reported enrolled

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Summary — H.R. 1148 (116th/119th Congress format style)

Title: Honoring El Paso Desert ADAPT for its more than four decades of service in support of disability rights.
Bill Number: H.R. 1148
Sponsor: Rep. Jefferson Van Drew (primary)
Classification/Subject: Resolution — EL PASO DESERT ADAPT; Congratulatory & Honorary (I0705)
Status: Reported enrolled (adopted by the House, placed on Congratulatory & Memorial Resolutions Calendar)

Main purpose and intent

H.R. 1148 is a congressional resolution that formally recognizes and honors El Paso Desert ADAPT for more than four decades of advocacy and service on behalf of disability rights. Its primary intent is symbolic: to congratulate and commemorate the organization’s sustained contributions to disability advocacy and community inclusion.

Key provisions

Expresses the House’s recognition of El Paso Desert ADAPT’s more than 40 years of service supporting disability rights.

Offers formal congratulations and appreciation for the organization’s advocacy, civil disobedience actions, community organizing, and efforts to advance access and inclusion for people with disabilities.

Does not authorize expenditure of federal funds, change statutes, create regulatory obligations, or confer legal rights. As a commemorative resolution, its effect is honorary and symbolic.

Note: the bill text summary provided includes a line — “This Act may be cited as the Stop Misappropriating Ratepayer Tariffs for Excessive Resources Act or the SMARTER Act” — which appears inconsistent with the resolution’s stated title and subject. That language likely reflects a clerical or metadata error and does not alter the commemorative nature of this resolution.

Who is affected

Directly: El Paso Desert ADAPT (the organization being honored) and its members.

Indirectly: the disability rights community in El Paso and nationally (symbolic recognition may raise public awareness).

No changes to programs, funding, or regulatory frameworks for federal agencies, utilities, or ratepayers.

Procedural timeline / status

Introduced in the House: February 7, 2025

Referred to House Committee on Energy and Commerce: February 7, 2025

Placed on Congratulatory & Memorial Resolutions Calendar; laid before the House and adopted: May 23, 2025 (non-record vote recorded in Journal)

Filed: May 13, 2025; Considered in Local & Consent Calendars: May 22, 2025

Reported enrolled: May 25, 2025

Impact and significance

As a non-binding, honorary resolution, H.R. 1148 carries symbolic recognition and public acknowledgement of El Paso Desert ADAPT’s long-term work in disability rights. It does not change law or policy, nor does it allocate funding. The passage may aid public visibility and constituent recognition of the organization’s contributions.

(Administrative note: the presence of an unrelated short-title line referencing the “SMARTER Act” appears to be an anomaly in the version content and does not reflect substantive changes to this commemorative resolution.)