,,ii ,calendar ,no4 #bhe #aaeth         
,,congress  #ast ,session  ,s4 #agfi    
,report ,no4 #aae-aie ,,in ,,the        
,,senate ,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states   
,september #g1 #bjag,ms4 ,hassan 7for   
herself1 ,mr4 ,gardner1 and ,mrs4       
,mc,caskill7 introduced the following   
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,homeland ,security
 and ,governmental ,affairs  ,december  
#ad1 #bjag,reported by ,mr4 ,johnson1   
with an amendment,strike out all after  
the enacting clause and insert the part 
printed in italic  ,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  #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 #ahj  
days after the date of enactment of this
 ,act1 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 public1 the agency shall ensure  
to the greatest extent practicable that 
the website is mobile friendly4  7b7    
,report by ,,omb and ,,gsa required ,not
 later than #ah months after the date of
 enactment of this ,act1 the ,director  
of the ,office of ,management and       

,budget and the ,administrator of       
,general ,services shall submit to      
,congress a report that--  7#a7         
describes the implementation of the     
requirement described under subsection  
7a72 and  7#b7 assesses the compliance  
of each agency with the requirement     
described under subsection 7a74  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   
navigated1 viewed1 and accessed on a    
smartphone1 tablet computer1 or similar 
mobile device4  ,december #ad1          
#bjag,reported with an amendment