1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Websites and Software Applications Accessibility Act of 2023 . 2. Findings and purposes (a) Findings Congress finds the following: (1) Section 2(b)(1) of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 states that the Act provides a clear and comprehensive national mandate for the elimination of discrimination against individuals with disabilities ( 42 U.S.C. 12101(b)(1) ). (2) In 1990, websites and applications were essentially nonexistent, but Congress made clear that the ADA should keep pace with the rapidly changing technology of the times (H.R. Rep. No. 101–485, pt. 2, at 381 (1990)), as reprinted in 1990 U.S.C.C.A.N. 303, 391). (3) Section 102 of the ADA ( 42 U.S.C. 12112 ), section 202 of the ADA ( 42 U.S.C. 12132 ), and section 302 of the ADA ( 42 U.S.C. 12182 ) broadly prohibit discrimination on the basis of disability in regard to employment, services, programs, or activities of public entities, and of goods, services, facilities, privileges, advantages, and accommodations of any place of public accommodation, respectively. (4) The Department of Justice has promulgated regulations to address the intersection of the ADA and emerging technologies, including the obligation to ensure effective communication with and by individuals with disabilities by using technologies such as video remote interpreting, real-time computer-aided transcription, open and closed captioning, audio description, videophones, captioned telephones, screen reader software, optical readers, and telephone systems that interact properly with internet-based relay systems. (5) The activities of a vast number of ADA-covered entities now occur in whole or in part through websites and applications, a shift that has been accelerated by a global pandemic. The digital economy accounts for nearly 10 percent of the United States gross domestic product, and 85 percent of United States adults visit the internet at least once per day. (6) Many entities, including those covered by the ADA, rely on third-party