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[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2910 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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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.

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                   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

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                                 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.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Federal Agency Accessibility 
Compliance Act of 2023''.

SEC. 2. COMPLIANCE OFFICER.

    Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794d) is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(h) Compliance Officer.--
            ``(1) In general.--
                    ``(A) Appointment.--Not later than 90 days after 
                the date of enactment of the Federal Agency 
                Accessibility Compliance Act of 2023, the head of each 
                Federal department or agency to which this section 
                applies shall appoint a compliance officer who shall 
                have knowledge and experience with website 
                accessibility, the requirements of this section, and 
                the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines that are 
                current as of the date of the appointment.
                    ``(B) Responsibilities.--Each compliance officer 
                appointed under subparagraph (A) shall--
                            ``(i) be responsible for ensuring the 
                        Federal department or agency is meeting the 
                        requirements of this section; and
                            ``(ii) report directly to the head of the 
                        Federal department or agency.
            ``(2) Signed certification.--Beginning not later than 1 
        year after the date of enactment of the Federal Agency 
        Accessibility Compliance Act of 2023, and biennially 
        thereafter, the head of each Federal department or agency to 
        which this section applies shall--
                    ``(A) post on the home page of the department or 
                agency's website a signed certification that the 
                department or agency is in compliance with the 
                requirements under this section; or
                    ``(B) submit to Congress, and post on the home page 
                of the department or agency's website, a plan with a 
                timeline to ensure the department or agency's 
                compliance with the requirements under this section.
            ``(3) Larger departments and agencies.--With respect to a 
        Federal department or agency to which this section applies that 
        has multiple units within such department or agency headed by 
        Assistant Secretaries or Directors, the head of each such unit 
        shall appoint a compliance officer who shall be responsible for 
        ensuring the unit is meeting the requirements of this section.
            ``(4) Flexibility for smaller departments and agencies.--
        The head of a Federal department or agency to which this 
        section applies that has fewer than 20 full-time employees may 
        appoint one of such full-time employees as the compliance 
        officer for the department or agency, if the majority of the 
        employee's work duties are related to work as the compliance 
        officer.''.
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