Communications, Video, and Technology Accessibility Act of 2026
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, Communications, Video, and Technology Accessibility Act of 2026, 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 2026. The table of contents for this...
- Section id5c7cd6527a0c41feb9a27cfcf717fa06: 101. Definitions Section 713 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 613) is amended— by redesignating subsection (h) as subsection (a); by moving...
- 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 (g) as subsections...
- Section id195b8dd0755e4915a7588e13f25b5fb2: 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 id69582d4e55a14ae69940c77bd3755242: 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, Communications, Video, and Technology Accessibility Act of 2026, 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, Communications, Video, and Technology Accessibility Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting technology companies and users of digital services.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- technology companies and users of digital services
Identified Costs
- federal implementing agencies
- technology companies and users of digital services
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeRead twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, …
Introduced in Senate
Mr. Markey (for himself and Mr. Luján) introduced the following …
Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_commission"
- → The commission identified in the operative section
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
functionality that is achieved using human assistance or automation to generate real-time descriptions of visual information, including images and text, for the purpose of conveying those descriptions to individuals who are blind or low vision
telephone customer support using one-to-one video communication that— is facilitated by a contact center representative
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