1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Advancing and Promoting Programming or the APP Act . 2. Findings; sense of Congress (a) Findings Congress finds the following: (1) 84 percent of leading app makers are outside Silicon Valley, and 83 percent are small businesses. (2) Millions have participated in the Hour of Code, which teaches the fundamental components of computer programming. (3) The Congressional App Challenge is an officially sanctioned competition to promote computer science education and demonstrate the value of coding to the next generation. (4) Computer Science majors earn 40 percent more than the average college graduates. (5) In 2016, China surpassed the United States in app store revenue. (6) The current extent of a Federal mobile app directory exists as a text list on a General Services Administration website. (b) Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress that— (1) computer science skills are critical to a burgeoning technology industry, and will provide high-quality jobs for America’s future workforce; (2) the Federal Government has an obligation to provide information and services through a means that meets the technology demands of our changing society