47 U.S.C. § 620 — Relay services for deaf-blind individuals
submitted 92 years ago by Pub. L. 111-260 to r/title-47-TELECOMMUNICATIONS · 138 words · no verdicts yet
This section requires providers of relay services to make those services accessible to people who are deaf-blind, subject to the conditions in the section.
(a) In general Within 6 months after October 8, 2010 , the Commission must 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 low-income individuals who are deaf-blind. (b) Individuals who are deaf-blind defined For purposes of this subsection, 1 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.
Within 6 months after October 8, 2010, 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 low-income individuals who are deaf-blind.
For purposes of this subsection,1 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)).
The total amount of support the Commission may provide from its interstate relay fund for any fiscal year may not exceed $10,000,000.
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; amended Pub. L. 111–265, § 2(4), (5), Oct. 8, 2010, 124 Stat. 2795.)
- 1934Enacted · Pub. L. 111-260 · 124 Stat. 2762
- 2010Amended · Pub. L. 111-265 · 124 Stat. 2795
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