[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1769 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1769

To require a new or updated Federal website that is intended for use by 
       the public to be mobile friendly, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 7, 2017

Ms. Hassan (for herself and Mr. Gardner) introduced the following bill; 
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security 
                        and Governmental Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
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) In General.--If, on or after the date that is 6 months after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, an agency creates a website that 
is intended for use by the public or updates a website that is intended 
for use by the public, the agency shall ensure that the website is 
mobile friendly.
    (b) Report by GSA Required.--Not later than 18 months after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator of General 
Services shall submit a report that describes the implementation of the 
requirement described under subsection (a) and assesses the compliance 
of each agency with such requirement to each of the following:
            (1) The Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of 
        Representatives.
            (2) The Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation 
        of the Senate.
            (3) The Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of the 
        House of Representatives.
            (4) The Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
        Affairs of the Senate.
    (c) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Agency.--The term ``agency'' has the meaning given that 
        term in section 551 of title 5, United States Code.
            (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 and viewed on a 
        smartphone, tablet computer, or similar mobile device.
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