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HR3416119th Congress

Accessibility Constituent Communication Act of 2025

Sponsored By: Representative Sessions, Pete [R-TX-17]

Introduced

Summary

Guaranteed accessible documents for blind and visually impaired recipients. This bill would require every covered federal agency to provide any public or internal document in tactile Braille, reflow large print, accessible audio, or an equivalent accessible digital format, and to deliver those formats by U.S. Mail or secure electronic systems in coordination with standard communications.

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  • Blind and visually impaired people would receive official documents in accessible formats delivered with regular mailings or secure electronic messages, making notices and benefit materials easier to use.
  • Federal agencies and their contractors would have to produce and coordinate distribution of these accessible formats for documents they create, adding administrative steps for program offices and vendors.
  • An agency that complies with this section would not be held liable under subtitle A of title II for distributing these accessible communications.

*Would not create new funding or funding mechanisms.*

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Analyzed Economic Effects

2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.

Accessible formats for blind recipients

If enacted, public entities that run federally funded benefits would have to offer public materials in accessible formats for Blind or Visually Impaired people. Formats would include Braille, reflow large print, audio, or an accessible digital file (such as a tagged PDF). The rule would cover materials created by the agency, its employees, or its contractors. Agencies would send accessible copies by U.S. Mail or secure electronic delivery, timed with the standard version. Covered agencies include those running Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, housing help, student aid, SNAP, and unemployment; private or internal documents would not be covered.

Liability shield for compliant agencies

If an agency follows these accessibility rules, it could not be sued under subtitle A of title II for how it sent the accessible communication to a Blind or Visually Impaired recipient. This protection would apply only when the agency meets the section’s requirements. If it does not comply, the shield would not apply.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Sessions, Pete [R-TX-17]

TX • R

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

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