Protecting Small Businesses from Predatory Website Lawsuits Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 7328 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7328 To amend the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 to require exhaustion of administrative remedies for certain claims, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 3, 2026 Mr. Graves introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 to require exhaustion of administrative remedies for certain claims, 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 ``Protecting Small Businesses from Predatory Website Lawsuits Act''. SEC. 2. AMENDMENT TO THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT OF 1990 RELATING TO CONSUMER FACING WEBSITES AND MOBILE APPLICATIONS OWNED OR OPERATED BY A PRIVATE ENTITY. The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new title: ``TITLE VI--CONSUMER FACING WEBSITES AND MOBILE APPLICATIONS OWNED OR OPERATED BY A PRIVATE ENTITY ``SEC. 601. ADMINISTRATIVE REMEDIES. ``(a) Exhaustion of Administrative Remedies.--No individual may commence a civil action for the failure of a consumer facing website or mobile application to comply with the title III until all administrative remedies under this section have been exhausted. ``(b) Notice to Owner or Operator.-- ``(1) Notice.--Prior to filing a complaint with the Attorney General under subsection (c), an individual must first notify the private owner or operator of a consumer facing website or mobile application that such website or mobile application is not in compliance with the standard for c