[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6418 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6418

    To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to conduct a study 
 regarding the accessibility of websites of the Department of Veterans 
               Affairs to individuals with disabilities.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 18, 2018

   Ms. Esty of Connecticut introduced the following bill; which was 
             referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
    To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to conduct a study 
 regarding the accessibility of websites of the Department of Veterans 
               Affairs to individuals with disabilities.

    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 ``VA Website Accessibility Act of 
2018''.

SEC. 2. STUDY REGARDING THE ACCESSIBILITY OF WEBSITES OF THE DEPARTMENT 
              OF VETERANS AFFAIRS TO INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES.

    (a) Study.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall examine all 
websites (including attached files and web-based applications) of the 
Department of Veterans Affairs to determine whether such websites are 
accessible to individuals with disabilities in accordance with section 
508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (20 U.S.C. 794d).
    (b) Report.--Not later than 90 days after completing the study 
under subsection (a), the Secretary shall submit a report to Congress 
regarding such study. The report shall include the following:
            (1) A list of each website, file, or web-based application 
        described in subsection (a) that is not accessible to 
        individuals with disabilities in accordance with section 508 of 
        the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (20 U.S.C. 794d).
            (2) The plan of the Secretary to bring each website, file, 
        or web-based application identified in the list under paragraph 
        (1) into compliance with the requirements of section 508 of the 
        Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (20 U.S.C. 794d).
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