Title: Department of Veterans Affairs Website Accessibility Act of 2018
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
Department of Veterans Affairs Website Accessibility Act of 2018
This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to report to Congress regarding the accessibility of VA websites (including attached files and web-based applications) to individuals with disabilities. The report shall identify websites, files, and applications that are not accessible to such individuals and include the VA's plan to make each of them accessible.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3683 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3683

To require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to conduct a study on the 
  accessibility of websites of the Department of Veterans Affairs to 
         individuals with disabilities, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           November 29, 2018

   Mr. Casey introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
             referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
To require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to conduct a study on the 
  accessibility of websites of the Department of Veterans Affairs to 
         individuals with disabilities, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Department of Veterans Affairs 
Website Accessibility Act of 2018''.

SEC. 2. STUDY ON THE ACCESSIBILITY OF WEBSITES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF 
              VETERANS AFFAIRS TO INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES.

    (a) Study.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall conduct a study of 
all websites, including attached files and web-based applications, of 
the Department of Veterans Affairs to determine whether such websites 
are accessible to individuals with disabilities in accordance with 
section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794d).
    (b) Report.--Not later than 90 days after completing the study 
under subsection (a), the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report 
on such study.
    (c) Elements.--The report required by subsection (b) shall include 
the following:
            (1) A list of each website, file, or web-based application 
        described in subsection (a) that is not accessible to 
        individuals with disabilities in accordance with section 508 of 
        the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794d).
            (2) The plan of the Secretary to bring each website, file, 
        or web-based application identified in the list under paragraph 
        (1) into compliance with the requirements of section 508 of the 
        Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794d).
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