Federal websites required to be mobile friendly

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§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.

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


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 Jan. 10, 2018.


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