,,ii  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #agfi  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,september #g1 
#bjag,ms4 ,hassan 7for herself and ,mr4 
,gardner7 introduced the following bill2
 which was read twice and referred to   
the ,committee on ,homeland ,security   
and ,governmental ,affairs  ,a ,,bill   
,to require a new or updated ,federal   
website that is intended for use by the 
public to be mobile friendly1 and for   
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,connected     
,government ,act4  #b4 ,federal websites
 required to be mobile friendly  7a7 ,in
 general ,if1 on or after the date that 
is #f months after the date of the      
enactment of this ,act1 an agency       
creates a website that is intended for  
use by the public or updates a website  
that is intended for use by the public1 
the agency shall ensure that the website
 is mobile friendly4  7b7 ,report by    
,,gsa required ,not later than #ah      
months after the date of the enactment  

of this ,act1 the ,administrator of     
,general ,services shall submit a report
 that describes the implementation of   
the requirement described under         
subsection 7a7 and assesses the         
compliance of each agency with such     
requirement to each of the following3   
7#a7 ,the ,committee on ,energy and     
,commerce of the ,house of              
,representatives4  7#b7 ,the ,committee 
on ,commerce1 ,science1 and             
,transportation of the ,senate4  7#c7   
,the ,committee on ,oversight and       
,government ,reform of the ,house of    
,representatives4  7#d7 ,the ,committee 
on ,homeland ,security and ,governmental
 ,affairs of the ,senate4  7c7          
,definitions ,in this section3 7#a7     
,agency ,the term agency has the meaning
 given that term in section #eea of     
title #e1 ,united ,states ,code4  7#b7  
,mobile friendly ,the term mobile       
friendly means1 with respect to a       
website1 that the website is configured 
in such a way that the website may be   

navigated and viewed on a smartphone1   
tablet computer1 or similar mobile      
device4