44 USC § 3559 - Federal websites required to be mobile friendly

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identifier: "/us/usc/t44/s3559"
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title: "44 USC § 3559 - Federal websites required to be mobile friendly"
title_number: 44
title_name: "PUBLIC PRINTING AND DOCUMENTS"
section_number: "3559"
section_name: "Federal websites required to be mobile friendly"
chapter_number: 35
chapter_name: "COORDINATION OF FEDERAL INFORMATION POLICY"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "INFORMATION SECURITY"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2025-02-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 115–114, § 2(a), Jan. 10, 2018, 131 Stat. 2278.)"
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# § 3559. Federal websites required to be mobile friendly

**(a)** **In General.—** If, on or after the date that is 180 days after the date of the enactment of this section, an agency creates a website that is intended for use by the public or conducts a redesign of an existing legacy website that is intended for use by the public, the agency shall ensure to the greatest extent practicable that the website is mobile friendly.

**(b)** **Definitions.—** In this section:

**(1)** **Agency.—** The term “agency” has the meaning given that term in section 551 of title 5.

**(2)** **Mobile friendly.—** The term “mobile friendly” means, with respect to a website, that the website is configured in such a way that the website may be navigated, viewed, and accessed on a smartphone, tablet computer, or similar mobile device.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 115–114, § 2(a), Jan. 10, 2018, 131 Stat. 2278.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

The date of the enactment of this section, referred to in subsec. (a), is the date of enactment of , which was approved .