Title 44 — Public Printing and DocumentsRelease 119-73
§3559 Federal websites required to be mobile friendly
Title 44 › Chapter CHAPTER 35— - COORDINATION OF FEDERAL INFORMATION POLICY › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER II— - INFORMATION SECURITY › § 3559
Summary
Federal agencies must, as much as possible, make any new public website or redesign created on or after 180 days after enactment work on mobile devices. Agency = federal agency (section 551, title 5). Mobile friendly = works on smartphones, tablets, or similar devices.
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Title 44, §3559
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(a)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)In this section:
(1)The term “agency” has the meaning given that term in section 551 of title 5.
(2)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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The date of the enactment of this section, referred to in subsec. (a), is the date of enactment of Pub. L. 115–114, which was approved Jan. 10, 2018.
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44 U.S.C. § 3559
Title 44 — Public Printing and Documents
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73