3.0.0 3473 2022-02-08T23:15:45Z 2022-02-08T23:21:06Z Senate S 2020-03-12 116 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2020-03-12T17:32:31Z 2020-03-12 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. IntroReferral 2020-03-12 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA N B001230 Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] Tammy Baldwin D WI 2020-03-12 True M000133 Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] Edward Markey D MA J. 2020-03-12 True B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2020-03-12 True D000622 Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL] Tammy Duckworth D IL 2020-03-12 True B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2020-03-12 True Transportation and Public Works Access Board Administrative law and regulatory procedures Aviation and airports Civil actions and liability Consumer affairs Disability and paralysis Hearing, speech, and vision care Internet and video services Internet, web applications, social media Transportation safety and security Transportation and Public Works 00 2020-03-12 Introduced in Senate 2020-05-22T18:02:50Z Airline Information and Entertainment Access Act

This bill requires air carriers (including foreign carriers) to ensure equal access to airline information and entertainment programming for all airline passengers regardless of their disabilities.

Specifically, the bill requires

  • open captioning and an American Sign Language option for persons with disabilities when the information and programming are available to passengers through shared video displays, such as a monitor located in a passenger access aisle;
  • closed captioning and an American Sign Language option when the information and programming are available to passengers through individual video displays;
  • video descriptions when the information and programming are available to passengers through individual video displays or shared video displays;
  • an aural public address announcement in textual format through individual video displays or shared video displays; and
  • control systems for video displays to have a nonvisual operating option.

A civil action may be brought in a U.S. District Court against an air carrier for violations of these requirements.

The Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board must set forth the minimum technical criteria for individual video displays to ensure that they include a mechanism that allows persons with disabilities to operate the displays nonvisually.

]]> Airline Information and Entertainment Access Act Display Title Airline Information and Entertainment Access Act Short Title(s) as Introduced Airline Information and Entertainment Access Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title 49, United States Code, to improve the accessibility of airline information and entertainment programming provided by air carriers on passenger flights, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s3473is/xml/BILLS-116s3473is.xml 2020-03-12 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.