3.0.0 4998 2023-01-26T05:15:33Z 2023-01-26T05:15:33Z Senate S 2022-09-28 117 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2022-09-28T22:07:54Z Websites and Software Applications Accessibility Act 117 9021 HR 2022-11-01 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties. Identical bill CRS 2022-09-28 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2022-09-28 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress D000622 Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL] Tammy Duckworth D IL N C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA 2022-09-28 True S001194 Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI] Brian Schatz D HI 2022-09-28 True M000133 Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] Edward Markey D MA J. 2022-09-28 True S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT 2022-11-16 False W000817 Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] Elizabeth Warren D MA A. 2022-11-17 False Labor and Employment Labor and Employment 00 2022-09-28 Introduced in Senate 2023-01-23T19:42:40Z Websites and Software Applications Accessibility Act

This bill requires employers, public entities, and public accommodations that provide goods or services through a website or online application to make those websites and applications accessible to individuals with disabilities. The requirement applies even if the good or service is offered only digitally. The Department of Justice (DOJ) must issue standards of accessibility for applicable entities to meet this requirement.

The bill provides for enforcement by DOJ, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and individual civil action. It also establishes various review and reporting requirements.

]]> Websites and Software Applications Accessibility Act Display Title Websites and Software Applications Accessibility Act Short Title(s) as Introduced Websites and Software Applications Accessibility Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to establish uniform accessibility standards for websites and applications of employers, employment agencies, labor organizations, joint labor-management committees, public entities, public accommodations, testing entities, and commercial providers, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2022-09-28T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s4998is/xml/BILLS-117s4998is.xml 2022-09-28 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.