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H.R. 3416

U.S. House•In House Committee

Summary

H.R. 3416, the Accessibility Constituent Communication Act of 2025, was introduced in the House on May 14, 2025 by Rep. Pete Sessions (R). It was referred to Oversight And Government Reform, and last saw action on May 14, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

Record

Text

H.R. 3416 has no co-sponsors and has not gone to a roll call.

hb3416/introduced-in-house.txt
119 HR 3416 IH: Accessibility Constituent Communication Act of 2025
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-05-14
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 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.

Tracker

The tracker indicates the progress of this legislation as it moves through the legislative process.

  1. Introduced2025-05-14
  2. Passed House
  3. Passed Senate
  4. Conference
  5. To President
  6. Became Law

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

Sponsors

Rep. Pete Sessions (R) sponsors H.R. 3416 alone.

Committees

H.R. 3416 went before 1 committee: Oversight and Government Reform.

Oversight and Government Reform
Oversight and Government Reform
Referred To · May 14, 2025 · 696 Bills

Actions

H.R. 3416 has taken 2 actions since May 14, 2025.

ChamberAction
May 14, 2025
House
Introduced in House
May 14, 2025
House
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.Oversight and Government Reform Committee

Votes

H.R. 3416 has not gone to a roll call.

Titles

H.R. 3416 goes by 3 titles, 1 of them short titles.

  • Accessibility Constituent Communication Act of 2025 — Display Title
  • Accessibility Constituent Communication Act of 2025 — Short Title(s) as Introduced
  • To require that each agency provide any communication in alternative accessible communication formats. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

1 client hired 1 firm and 4 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 3416 in 1 quarterly filing, 2025. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Budget/Appropriations, Education, Health Issues, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace.

Clients

Who paid to be heard, by how many filings named the bill.

ClientBusinessStateFirmsFilingsReported
BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF AMERICAYouth mentorshipFlorida11$50K

Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

RegistrantClientsFilingsReported
CORNERSTONE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS, INC.11$50K

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill.

LobbyistFirmsClientsFilings
ERIK FATEMI111
KATELYN BUNNING111
SHANETTA PASKEL111
WILLIAM SMITH111

Filings

The documents themselves, on the Senate’s Lobbying Disclosure site, largest reported first.

ClientRegistrantPeriodReportedDocument
BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF AMERICACORNERSTONE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS, INC.2025 first_quarter$50K1st Quarter - Report

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 3416 under Government Operations and Politics, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 3416’s is Government Operations and Politics.

hr3416/policy-areas.txt
Government Operations and PoliticsAgriculture and FoodAnimalsArmed Forces and National SecurityArts, Culture, ReligionCivil Rights and Liberties, Minority IssuesCommerceCongressCrime and Law EnforcementEconomics and Public FinanceEducationEmergency ManagementEnergyEnvironmental ProtectionFamiliesFinance and Financial SectorForeign Trade and International FinanceHealthHousing and Community DevelopmentImmigrationInternational AffairsLabor and EmploymentLawNative AmericansPublic Lands and Natural ResourcesScience, Technology, CommunicationsSocial WelfareSports and RecreationTaxationTransportation and Public WorksWater Resources Development

Source: congress.gov · legiscan.com