Websites and Software Applications Accessibility Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 3417 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3417 To establish uniform accessibility standards for websites 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 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 14, 2025 Mr. Sessions (for himself and Mr. Hoyer) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To establish uniform accessibility standards for websites 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 2025''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES. (a) Findings.--Congress finds the following: (1) Section 2(b)(1) of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (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, websites 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