[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8930 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8930

 To require that each agency provide any communication in alternative 
                   accessible communication formats.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              July 2, 2024

 Mr. Sessions introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
               Committee on Oversight and Accountability

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                                 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 2024''.

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.
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