1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Transportation Assistance for Individuals with Disabilities Act . 2. Findings The Congress finds the following: (1) Transportation is significantly more difficult for Americans with disabilities. According to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, 3.6 million Americans with travel-limiting disabilities do not leave their homes because of a lack of accessible transportation. (2) According to the American Association of People with Disabilities, people with disabilities are twice as likely to struggle with procuring transportation than those who are not disabled, which limits access to medical care, employment, and everyday activities. (3) The Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act of 2000 (in this section referred to as the DD Act ) assures that individuals with developmental disabilities and their families participate in the design of and have access to needed community services, individualized supports, and other forms of assistance that promote self-determination, independence, productivity, and integration and inclusion in all facets of community life . (4) The DD Act requires States and territories to establish a protection and advocacy system that protects and advocates the rights of individuals with disabilities. (5) Even though the Americans with Disabilities Act requires all State and local governments to make public services accessible for people with disabilities, protection and advocacy systems continuously receive reports of ineffective and inadequate services from county and city paratransit services. These systems work to address these issues by providing legally based advocacy resources for those impacted. (6) In 2017, protection and advocacy systems received over 550 individual transportation related cases and in 2020 received over 2000 individual cases. (7) Currently, there are 9 established protection and advocacy programs administered by several Federal agencies, including the Department of Education, the Department of Health