,i  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #gcbh  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,february #c1        
#bjbf,mr4 ,graves introduced the        
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,energy and ,commerce 
,a ,,bill  ,to amend the ,americans with
 ,disabilities ,act of #aiij to require 
exhaustion of administrative remedies   
for certain claims1 and for other       
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,protecting ,small  
,businesses from ,predatory ,website    
,lawsuits ,act4  #b4 ,amendment to the  
,americans with ,disabilities ,act of   
#aiij relating to consumer facing       
websites and mobile applications owned  
or operated by a private entity ,the    
,americans with ,disabilities ,act of   
#aiij 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #abaja et seq47 is 
amended by adding at the end the        
following new title3  ,,vi ,consumer    
,facing ,websites and ,mobile           
,applications ,owned or ,operated by a  
,private ,entity  #fja4 ,administrative 

remedies  7a7 ,exhaustion of            
administrative remedies ,no individual  
may commence a civil action for the     
failure of a consumer facing website or 
mobile application to comply with the   
title ,,iii until all administrative    
remedies under this section have been   
exhausted4  7b7 ,notice to owner or     
operator  7#a7 ,notice ,prior to filing 
a complaint with the ,attorney ,general 
under subsection 7c71 an individual must
 first notify the private owner or      
operator of a consumer facing website or
 mobile application that such website or
 mobile application is not in compliance
 with the standard for compliance under 
title ,,iii4  7#b7 ,administrative      
complaint ,if1 within #ahj days after   
receiving notice under subsection 7b71  
the owner or operator of a consumer     
facing website or mobile application    
fails to bring such website or such     
application into compliance with title  
,,iii1 an individual may file a         
complaint with the ,department4  7#c7   

,copy of complaint ,if an individual    
files a complaint with the ,department  
of ,justice 7referred to in this title  
as the ,department7 under paragraph     
7#a71 a copy of such complaint shall be 
provided to the owner or operator of a  
consumer facing website or mobile       
application4  7c7 ,reporting of         
violations to ,attorney ,general  7#a7  
,deadline to file complaint ,if an      
individual files a complaint with the   
,department1 such complaint shall be    
filed within the #ahj-;day period       
beginning on the date after the         
#ahj-;day period under subsection       
7b77#a7 has terminated4  7#b7           
,investigation by ,attorney ,general    
,upon receiving a complaint of an       
alleged violation1 the ,attorney        
,general shall complete an investigation
 within #cfj days to determine whether a
 violation exists4  7#c7 ,final agency  
determination  7,a7 ,compliance         
determination ,for the purpose of       
determining whether an individual may   

commence a civil action described in    
subsection 7a71 a determination that the
 owner or operator of a consumer facing 
website or mobile application is in     
compliance with title ,,iii during the  
#cfj-;day period after a complaint is   
filed with the ,department is a final   
determination4  7,b7 ,no determination  
,for the purpose of determining whether 
an individual may commence a civil      
action described in subsection 7a71 the 
failure of the ,attorney ,general to    
make a determination during the         
#cfj-;day period after a complaint is   
filed with the ,department shall be     
considered a final determination of     
compliance4  #fjb4 ,definitions ,in this
 ,act3 7#a7 ,consumer facing website    
,the term consumer facing website means 
any website that is purposefully made   
accessible to the public for commercial 
purposes4  7#b7 ,mobile applications    
,the term mobile application means a    
consumer facing software application    
that can be executed on a mobile        

platform1 or a web-based software       
application that is tailored to a mobile
 platform but is executed on a server4  
4  #c4 ,clerical amendment ,the table of
 contents of the ,americans with        
,disabilities ,act of #aiij 7#db        
,u4,s4,c4 #abaja et seq47 is amended by 
inserting after the item relating to    
section #eae the following new item3    
,title ,,vi--,consumer ,facing ,websites
 and ,mobile ,applications ,owned or    
,operated by a ,private ,entity,sec4    
#fja4 ,administrative remedies4,sec4    
#fjb4 ,definitions4  4