Accessibility Constituent Communication Act of 2025

119 HR 3416 IH: Accessibility Constituent Communication Act of 2025 U.S. House of Representatives 2025-05-14 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. I 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3416 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. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Accessibility Constituent Communication Act of 2025 . 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.