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40 U.S.C. § 18102Federal telecommunications system

submitted 24 years ago by Pub. L. 107-217 to r/title-40-PUBLIC-BUILDINGS-PROPERTY-AND-WORKS · 180 words · no verdicts yet

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The General Services Administration must make the federal phone system accessible to people who are deaf or speech-impaired. It must keep running a relay service and publish a directory of TTY devices and numbers. It must also adopt a standard logo for these devices.

(a) Regulations to ensure accessibility — The Administrator of General Services, after consulting the Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board, the Interagency Committee on Computer Support of Handicapped Employees, the Federal Communications Commission, and affected federal agencies, must prescribe regulations making the federal telecommunications system fully accessible to hearing-impaired and speech-impaired individuals — including federal employees — for communications with and within federal agencies. (b) Federal relay system — The Administrator must provide for the continuation of the existing federal relay system for TTY users. (c) Directory — The Administrator must assemble, publish, and maintain a directory of TTYs and other devices federal agencies use to comply with the regulations under subsection (a). (d) Publication of access numbers — The Administrator must publish access numbers of TTYs and other such devices in federal agency directories. (e) Logo — After consulting the Board, the Administrator must adopt the design of a standard logo to signal where a TTY or other such device is available at a federal agency.
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(a)Regulations To Ensure Accessibility.—

The Administrator of General Services, after consultation with the Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board, the Interagency Committee on Computer Support of Handicapped Employees, the Federal Communications Commission, and affected federal agencies, shall prescribe regulations to ensure that the federal telecommunications system is fully accessible to hearing-impaired and speech-impaired individuals, including federal employees, for communications with and within federal agencies.

(b)Federal Relay System.—

The Administrator shall provide for the continuation of the existing federal relay system for users of TTY’s.

(c)Directory.—

The Administrator shall assemble, publish, and maintain a directory of TTY’s and other devices used by federal agencies to comply with regulations prescribed under subsection (a).

(d)Publication of Access Numbers.—

The Administrator shall publish access numbers of TTY’s and such other devices in federal agency directories.

(e)Logo.—

After consultation with the Board, the Administrator shall adopt the design of a standard logo to signify the presence of a TTY or other device used by a federal agency to comply with regulations prescribed under subsection (a).

Source credit: (Pub. L. 107–217, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1290.)

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  • 2002Enacted · Pub. L. 107-217 · 116 Stat. 1290

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