H.R. 3416

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 3416 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3416 To require that each agency provide any communication in alternative accessible communication formats. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 14, 2025 Mr. Sessions introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To require that each agency provide any communication in alternative accessible communication formats. 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 ``Accessibility Constituent Communication Act of 2025''. SEC. 2. ALTERNATIVE ACCESSIBLE COMMUNICATION FORMATS. (a) In General.--Each agency, including agency employees or contractors, shall require that each distributed internal or public- facing agency document communication shall be made available to Blind or Visually Impaired recipients in one or more of the following alternative accessible communication formats: (1) Tactile Braille. (2) Reflow Large Print. (3) Accessible Audio. (4) Equivalent accessible Digital Data format, such as Accessible or Tagged PDF. (b) Distribution.--Each communication in an alternative accessible communication format shall be distributed via either United States Mail or secure electronic delivery systems in scheduled coordination with the communication in standard communication formats. (c) Enforcement.--An agency that complies with this section may not be held liable for a violation of subtitle A of title II for the distribution of such a communication with regard to any Blind or Visually Impaired recipient. (d) Definitions.--In this Act: (1) The term ``agency'' means a public entity (as such term is defined in section 201 of the Americans with Disabilities Act) that administers any retirement, welfare, health, disability, public or assisted housing, postsecondary education, food assistance, unemployment benefit, or any other similar benefit for which payments or assistance are provided to an individual, household, or family eligibility unit provided by appropriated funds of the United States. (2) The term ``communication'' means publicly available information and materials. <all>