A bill to establish uniform accessibility standards for web content and applications of employers, employment agencies, labor organizations, joint labor-management committees, public entities, public accommodations, testing entities, and commercial providers, and for other purposes.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 3974 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 3974 To establish uniform accessibility standards for web content and applications of employers, employment agencies, labor organizations, joint labor-management committees, public entities, public accommodations, testing entities, and commercial providers, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES March 3, 2026 Ms. Duckworth (for herself, Mr. Markey, and Ms. Warren) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To establish uniform accessibility standards for web content and applications of employers, employment agencies, labor organizations, joint labor-management committees, public entities, public accommodations, testing entities, and commercial providers, 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 ``Websites and Software Applications Accessibility Act of 2026''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES. (a) Findings.--Congress finds the following: (1) Section 2(b)(1) of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (referred to in this Act as the ``ADA'') states that the Act provides ``a clear and comprehensive national mandate for the elimination of discrimination against individuals with disabilities'' (42 U.S.C. 12101(b)(1)). (2) In 1990, web content and applications were essentially nonexistent, but Congress made clear that the ADA ``should keep pace with the rapidly changing technology of the times'' (H.R. Rep. No. 101-485, pt. 2, at 381 (1990), as reprinted in 1990 U.S.C. C.A.N. 303, 391). (3) Section 102 of the ADA (42 U.S.C. 12112)