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[H.R. 2331 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.2331

                     One Hundred Fifteenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE FIRST SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
          the third day of January, two thousand and seventeen


                                 An Act


 
To 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. 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:
``Sec. 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) 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. Federal websites required to be mobile friendly.''.

    (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.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.