S2494-118

Introduced

To update the 21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010.

118th Congress Introduced Jul 25, 2023

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Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, To update the 21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting technology companies and users of digital services. The main policy domain is Technology, Civil Rights, Transportation.

Who Benefits and How

technology companies and users of digital services may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, technology companies and users of digital services may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section S1: 1. Short title; table of contents This Act may be cited as the Communications, Video, and Technology Accessibility Act of 2023. The table of contents for this...
  • Section id5c7cd6527a0c41feb9a27cfcf717fa06: 101. Definitions Section 713(h) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 613(h)) is amended— in paragraph (1)— in the heading, by striking Video...
  • Section id09fa2f56ebf146bca7ec50ae8e369db4: 102. Closed captioning Section 713 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 613) is amended— by redesignating subsections (d) through (h) as subsections...
  • Section id7cc8acf04c04425db6352a26a58bec9b: 103. Audio description Subsection (g) of section 713 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 613), as redesignated by section 102, is amended— in the...
  • Section id25d19a5a234c4aae8a8c5fab4c3293fa: 104. Technical and conforming amendments relating to economic burden Subsection (f) of section 713 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 613), as...

Evidence Chain:

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At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, To update the 21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting technology companies and users of digital services.

Key Policy Areas

Technology, Civil Rights, Transportation

Primary Purpose

This bill, To update the 21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting technology companies and users of digital services.

Policy Domains

Technology Civil Rights Transportation

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • technology companies and users of digital services
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technology companies and users of digital services: ,
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • technology companies and users of digital services
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technology companies and users of digital services: ,

Legislative Progress

Introduced
Introduced Committee Passed
Jul 25, 2023

Mr. Markey (for himself, Ms. Duckworth, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Whitehouse, …

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Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Technology Civil Rights Transportation
Actor Mappings
"the_commission"
→ The commission identified in the operative section

Key Definitions

Terms defined in this bill

4 terms
"undue burden" §id25d19a5a234c4aae8a8c5fab4c3293fa

and inserting For purposes of this section, the term economically burdensome means

"prerecorded programming" §id5c7cd6527a0c41feb9a27cfcf717fa06

video programming that is not live programming or near-live programming. The term user-generated video means video programming that is— made available via a service using Internet protocol or any successor protocol

"visual image descriptive service" §id912d01fb151f4122a71eead2654e72af

a third party service that provides visual image descriptive functionality. in section 716(e) (47 U.S.C. 617(e)), by adding at the end the following: (3)Revision of regulations

"direct video calling service" §idf84b8989b7e945c89aca1dcca26707ca

telephone customer support using one-to-one video communication that— is facilitated by a contact center representative

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