Connected Government Act Public Law 115–114 Connected Government Act 114 115–114 Statute Compilation United States House of Representatives Office of the Legislative Counsel 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. GPO Statute Compilations USLM converter, version 20210527.1 2021-10-15 Connected Government Act 13868 115 2018-01-10 Connected Government Act [(Public Law 115–114)] [This law has not been amended] [Currency: This publication is a compilation of the text of Public Law 115-114. It was last amended by the public law listed in the As Amended Through note above and below at the bottom of each page of the pdf version and reflects current law through the date of the enactment of the public law listed at https://www.govinfo.gov/app/collection/comps/] [Note: While this publication does not represent an official version of any Federal statute, substantial efforts have been made to ensure the accuracy of its contents. The official version of Federal law is found in the United States Statutes at Large and in the United States Code. The legal effect to be given to the Statutes at Large and the United States Code is established by statute (1 U.S.C. 112, 204).]
AN ACTTo require a new or updated Federal website that is intended for use by the public to be mobile friendly, and for other purposes.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. [44 U.S.C. 101 note] SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the “Connected Government Act”.
SEC. 2. FEDERAL WEBSITES REQUIRED TO BE MOBILE FRIENDLY. (a) Amendment.—Subchapter II of chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section:
“§ 3559. Federal websites required to be mobile friendly “(a) In General.—If, on or after the date that is 180 days after the date of the enactment of this section, an agency creates a website that is intended for use by the public or conducts a redesign of an existing legacy website that is intended for use by the public, the agency shall ensure to the greatest extent practicable that the website is mobile friendly. “(b) Definitions.—In this section: “(1) Agency.—The term ‘agency’ has the meaning given that term in section 551 of title 5. “(2) Mobile friendly.—The term ‘mobile friendly’ means, with respect to a website, that the website is configured in such a way that the website may be navigated, viewed, and accessed on a smartphone, tablet computer, or similar mobile device.”
. (b) [44 U.S.C. 3501] Technical and Conforming Amendment.—The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code, is amended by adding after the item related to section 3558 the following new item: “3559. . (c) Report by OMB and GSA Required.—Not later than 18 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, in consultation with the Administrator of General Services, shall make publicly available and submit to Congress a report that— (1) describes the implementation of the requirement described under section 3559 of title 44, United States Code, as added by subsection (a); and (2) assesses the compliance of each agency with such requirement.