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Title 44 — Public Printing and Documents

Chapter 35 — Coordination of Federal Information Policy

§ 3559. Federal websites required to be mobile friendly

Statutory text

(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.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Connected Government Act

    Pub. L. 115–114 § 2(a) · 131 Stat. 2278

    Enacted · 44 U.S.C. § 3559

    (Added Pub. L. 115–114, § 2(a), Jan. 10, 2018, 131 Stat. 2278.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Added Pub. L. 115–114, § 2(a), Jan. 10, 2018, 131 Stat. 2278.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (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.” .

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

References in Text

The date of the enactment of this section, referred to in subsec. (a), is the date of enactment of Pub. L. 115–114, which was approved .

Credits

(Added Pub. L. 115–114, § 2(a), , 131 Stat. 2278.)

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