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Union Calendar No. 300 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2331 
[Report No. 115–406] 
To require a new or updated Federal website that is intended for use by 
the public to be mobile friendly, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 3, 2017 
Ms. KELLY of Illinois (for herself and Mr. PALLONE) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government 
Reform 
NOVEMBER 13, 2017 
Additional sponsor: Mr. MEADOWS 
NOVEMBER 13, 2017 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on May 3, 2017] 
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A BILL 
To require a new or updated Federal website that is intended 
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other purposes. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SEC. 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Connected Government 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FEDERAL WEBSITES REQUIRED TO BE MOBILE 
FRIENDLY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—If, on or after the date that is 6 
months after the date of the enactment of this Act, an agen-
cy creates a website that is intended for use by the public 
or updates a website that is intended for use by the public, 
the agency shall ensure that the website is mobile friendly. 
(b) OMB REPORT.—Not later than 18 months after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the 
Office of Management and Budget, in consultation with the 
Administrator of General Services, shall make publicly 
available and submit to Congress a report that describes 
the implementation of the requirement described under sub-
section (a) and assesses the compliance of each agency with 
such requirement. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) AGENCY.—The term ‘‘agency’’ has the mean-
ing given that term in section 551 of title 5, United 
States Code. 
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(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 easily navigated and viewed on a smartphone, 
tablet computer, or similar mobile device. 
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Union Calendar No. 300 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 2331 
[Report No. 115–406] 
A BILL 
To require a new or updated Federal website that 
is intended for use by the public to be mobile 
friendly, and for other purposes. 
NOVEMBER 13, 2017 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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