§ 620. Relay services for deaf-blind individuals

Footnotes

1. 1 So in original. Probably should be “section,”.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1. 1934

   Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010

   Pub. L. 111–260 title I § 105 · 124 Stat. 2751

   Enacted · 47 U.S.C. § 620

   June 19, 1934, ch. 652, title VII, § 719, as added Pub. L. 111–260, title I, § 105, Oct. 8, 2010, 124 Stat. 2762

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   June 19, 1934, ch. 652, title VII, § 719, as added Pub. L. 111–260, title I, § 105, Oct. 8, 2010, 124 Stat. 2762

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   SEC. 105. RELAY SERVICES FOR DEAF-BLIND INDIVIDUALS.   Title VII of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended by section 104, is further amended by adding at the end the following: “SEC. 719. RELAY SERVICES FOR DEAF-BLIND INDIVIDUALS. “(a) In general.— Deadline. Regulations. Within 6 months after the date of enactment of the Equal Access to 21st Century Communications Act, the Commission shall establish rules that define as eligible for relay service support those programs that are approved by the Commission for the distribution of specialized customer premises equipment designed to make telecommunications service, Internet access service, and advanced communications, including interexchange services and advanced telecommunications and information services, accessible by individuals who are deaf-blind. “(b) Individuals Who Are Deaf-blind Defined.— For purposes of this subsection, the term ‘individuals who are deaf-blind’ has the same meaning given such term in the Helen Keller National Center Act, as amended by the Rehabilitation Act Amendments of 1992 (29 U.S.C. 1905(2)). “(c) Annual amount.— The total amount of support the Commission may provide from its interstate relay fund for any fiscal year may not exceed $10,000,000.” .

2. 2010

   Pub. L. 111–265 § 2(5) · 124 Stat. 2795

   Inserted · 47 U.S.C. § 620(a)

   Pub. L. 111–265, § 2(5), inserted “low-income” after “accessible by”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 111–265, § 2(5), inserted “low-income” after “accessible by”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (5) by inserting “low-income” after “accessible by” in section 719(a);

3. 2010

   Pub. L. 111–265 § 2(4) · 124 Stat. 2795

   Changed · 47 U.S.C. § 620(a)

   Pub. L. 111–265, § 2(4), made technical amendment to reference in original act which appears in text as reference to “October 8, 2010”

   Target inherited from the preceding amendment note.

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 111–265, § 2(4), made technical amendment to reference in original act which appears in text as reference to “October 8, 2010”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (4) by striking “Equal Access to 21st Century Communications Act” in section 719(a) 47 USC 620. and inserting “Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010”;

3 of 3 references resolved to an enrolled provision