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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 2910 

To amend section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 to require each 

Federal department or agency to have a compliance officer to ensure 

the department or agency is meeting the requirements of such section. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023 

Mr. CASEY (for himself, Mr. FETTERMAN, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, Mr. 

BLUMENTHAL, Ms. DUCKWORTH, and Mr. SANDERS) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions 

A BILL 

To amend section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 

to require each Federal department or agency to have 

a compliance officer to ensure the department or agency 

is meeting the requirements of such section. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Federal Agency Acces5 sibility Compliance Act of 2023’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. COMPLIANCE OFFICER. 

2 Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 

3 U.S.C. 794d) is amended by adding at the end the fol4 lowing: 

5 ‘‘(h) COMPLIANCE OFFICER.— 

6 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.— 

7 ‘‘(A) APPOINTMENT.—Not later than 90 

8 days after the date of enactment of the Federal 

9 Agency Accessibility Compliance Act of 2023, 

10 the head of each Federal department or agency 

11 to which this section applies shall appoint a 

12 compliance officer who shall have knowledge 

13 and experience with website accessibility, the re14 quirements of this section, and the Web Con15 tent Accessibility Guidelines that are current as 

16 of the date of the appointment. 

17 ‘‘(B) RESPONSIBILITIES.—Each compli18 ance officer appointed under subparagraph (A) 

19 shall— 

20 ‘‘(i) be responsible for ensuring the 

21 Federal department or agency is meeting 

22 the requirements of this section; and 

23 ‘‘(ii) report directly to the head of the 

24 Federal department or agency. 

25 ‘‘(2) SIGNED CERTIFICATION.—Beginning not 

26 later than 1 year after the date of enactment of the 


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1 Federal Agency Accessibility Compliance Act of 

2 2023, and biennially thereafter, the head of each 

3 Federal department or agency to which this section 

4 applies shall— 

5 ‘‘(A) post on the home page of the depart6 ment or agency’s website a signed certification 

7 that the department or agency is in compliance 

8 with the requirements under this section; or 

9 ‘‘(B) submit to Congress, and post on the 

10 home page of the department or agency’s 

11 website, a plan with a timeline to ensure the de12 partment or agency’s compliance with the re13 quirements under this section. 

14 ‘‘(3) LARGER DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES.— 

15 With respect to a Federal department or agency to 

16 which this section applies that has multiple units 

17 within such department or agency headed by Assist18 ant Secretaries or Directors, the head of each such 

19 unit shall appoint a compliance officer who shall be 

20 responsible for ensuring the unit is meeting the re21 quirements of this section. 

22 ‘‘(4) FLEXIBILITY FOR SMALLER DEPART23 MENTS AND AGENCIES.—The head of a Federal de24 partment or agency to which this section applies 

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1 point one of such full-time employees as the compli2 ance officer for the department or agency, if the ma3 jority of the employee’s work duties are related to 

4 work as the compliance officer.’’. 

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