[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 128 (Wednesday, September 22, 2010)]
[Senate]
[Page S7363]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
MAKING TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY COMMUNICATIONS
AND VIDEO ACCESSIBILITY ACT OF 2010
Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate
proceed to the immediate consideration of S. 3828, introduced earlier
today.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
The clerk will state the bill by title.
The assistant legislative clerk read as follows:
A bill (S. 3828) to make technical corrections in the
Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility
Act of 2010 and the amendments made by that Act.
There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the bill be
read the third time and passed, the motion to reconsider be laid upon
the table, with no intervening action or debate, and that any
statements relating to the bill be printed in the Record.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
The bill (S. 3828) was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading,
was read the third time, and passed, as follows:
S. 3828
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SEC. 2. AMENDMENT OF TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY COMMUNICATIONS AND
VIDEO ACCESSIBILITY ACT OF 2010.
The Twenty-First Century Communications and Video
Accessibility Act of 2010 is amended--
(1) by striking the item relating to section 105 in the
table of contents in section 1(b) and inserting the
following:
``Sec. 105. Relay services for deaf-blind individuals.'';
(2) by striking ``requirement'' in section 201(e)(1)(B) and
inserting ``objectives'';
(3) by striking ``requirement'' in section 201(e)(2)(B) and
inserting ``objectives'';
(4) by inserting ``or digital broadcast television'' after
`` protocol'' in section 201(e)(2)(C); and
(5) by inserting ``or digital broadcast television'' after
``protocol'' in section 201(e)(2)(E).
SEC. 3. AMENDMENT OF COMMUNICATIONS ACT OF 1934.
The Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 151 et seq.), as
amended by the Twenty-First Century Communications and Video
Accessibility Act of 2010, is amended--
(1) by striking ``do not'' in section 716(d);
(2) by striking ``facilities'' in section 716(e)(1)(D) and
inserting ``facilitate'';
(3) by striking ``provider in the manner prescribed in
paragraph (3),'' in section 717(a)(5)(C) and inserting
``provider,'';
(4) by striking ``Equal Access to 21st Century
Communications Act'' in section 719(a) and inserting
``Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility
Act of 2010'';
(5) by inserting ``low-income'' after ``accessible by'' in
section 719(a);
(6) by striking ``and'' in section 713(f)(2)(A) and
inserting ``such'';
(7) by inserting ``have'' after ``that'' the first place it
appears in section 713(f)(2)(B);
(8) by inserting ``and Commerce'' after ``Energy'' in
section 713(f)(4)(C)(iii);
(9) by striking ``programming distribution' '' in section
713(c)(2)(D)(iii) and inserting ``programming distributors'
'';
(10) by striking ``progamming'' in section 713(c)(2)(D)(v)
and inserting ``programming'';
(11) by striking ``and video description signals and make''
in section 713(c)(2)(D)(vi) and inserting ``and makes'';
(12) by striking ``by'' in section 303(aa)(3) and inserting
``for'';
(13) by striking ``and'' after the semicolon in section
303(bb)(1);
(14) by striking ``features.'' in section 303(bb)(2) and
inserting ``features; and''; and
(15) by striking the matter following subdivision (2) of
section 303(bb) and inserting the following:
``(3) that, with respect to navigation device features and
functions--
``(A) delivered in software, the requirements set forth in
this subsection shall apply to the manufacturer of such
software; and
``(B) delivered in hardware, the requirements set forth in
this subsection shall apply to the manufacturer of such
hardware.''.
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