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S. 3828 · 111th Congress

A bill to make technical corrections in the Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act…

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A bill to make technical corrections in the Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010 and the amendments made by that Act.

Law · 111-265 · Oct 8, 2010
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  1. Senate Introduced Sep 22, 2010
  2. Senate Passed Sep 22, 2010
  3. House Passed Sep 28, 2010
  4. President To the President Sep 30, 2010
  5. President Signed Oct 8, 2010
  6. Law Oct 8, 2010

Amends the Twenty-first Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010 (S. 3304), as engrossed by the Senate, to make certain technical corrections to it as well as to amendments it makes to the Communications Act of 1934.

What it does: CRS summary · Public Law · Oct 8, 2010

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Amends the Twenty-first Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010 (S. 3304), as engrossed by the Senate, to make certain technical corrections to it as well as to amendments it makes to the Communications Act of 1934.

Requires the Video Programming and Emergency Access Advisory Committee, in its report to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), to: (1) identify additional protocols for the delivery of emergency information delivered by digital broadcast television (as well as by Internet protocol); and (2) recommend any regulations that may be necessary to ensure compatibility between video programming delivered using digital broadcast television (as well as using Internet protocol).

Amends the Communications Act of 1934, as amended by the Twenty-first Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010, to specify low-income individuals who are deaf-blind with respect to the requirement that the FCC establish rules defining the eligibility for relay service support of those FCC-approved programs for the distribution of specialized customer premises equipment designed to make telecommunications and related services accessible by individuals who are deaf-blind.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: A bill to make technical corrections in the Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010 and the amendments made by that Act.

Latest action (Oct 8, 2010): Became Public Law No: 111-265.

Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Sep 22, 2010

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)

  1. Senate Introduced Sep 22, 2010
  2. Senate Passed Sep 22, 2010
  3. House Passed Sep 28, 2010
  4. President To the President Sep 30, 2010
  5. President Signed Oct 8, 2010
  6. Law Oct 8, 2010

No recorded floor vote found.