3.0.0 900 2022-02-03T05:25:25Z 2022-02-03T05:25:25Z Senate S S 2005-04-26 109 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2005-04-26T19:01:21Z Video Description Restoration Act of 2005 109 951 HR 2005-03-22 Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet. Related bill CRS 2005-04-26 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. IntroReferral 2005-04-26 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4259) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2005-04-26 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M000303 Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ] JOHN MCCAIN R AZ SIDNEY N H000206 Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA] THOMAS HARKIN D IA RICHARD 2005-04-26 True S000888 Sen. Stevens, Ted [R-AK] THEODORE STEVENS R AK F. 2005-04-26 True S001142 Sen. Smith, Gordon H. [R-OR] GORDON SMITH R OR H. 2005-04-26 True I000025 Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI] DANIEL INOUYE D HI KEN 2005-06-23 False L000550 Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA] MARY LANDRIEU D LA 2006-06-15 False Science, Technology, Communications Administrative procedure Appellate courts Blind Disabled Emergency Management Emergency communication systems Federal Communications Commission Government Operations and Politics Independent regulatory commissions Judicial opinions Law Television broadcasting Television news Television programs Television stations Science, Technology, Communications 00 2005-04-26 Introduced in Senate 2005-05-18T19:17:21Z Television Information-Enhancement for the Visually Impaired Act or the TIVI Act- Considers authorized and ratified by law the video description rules of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) contained in the year 2000 FCC report and order identified as Implementation of Video Description of Video Programming, notwithstanding the decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit in Motion Picture Association of America, Inc., et al., v. Federal Communications Commission, et al.

Directs the FCC to: (1) reinstate such rules; and (2) initiate a proceeding to consider whether it is economically and technically feasible and consistent with the public interest to include "accessible information" in such rules. Authorizes the FCC to amend, repeal, or otherwise modify such rules.

]]> TIVI Act Short Titles as Introduced TIVI Act Short Titles as Introduced Television Information-Enhancement for the Visually Impaired Act Display Title TIVI Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to reinstate the Federal Communications Commission's rules for the description of video programming. Introduced in Senate 2005-04-26T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109s900is/xml/BILLS-109s900is.xml 2005-04-26 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.