US Congress Senate Bill 556 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on March 13 2013 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2013-05-14 - Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Hearings held.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Air Carrier Access Amendments Act - Requires domestic and foreign air carriers to ensure that all visually displayed entertainment programming available to flight passengers is accessible to individuals with disabilities, including by making available open captioning (openly displaying text on a shared video monitor), closed captioning (displaying text through an individual video monitor), and video description (audio-narrated descriptions through individual or shared monitors) for individuals who are deaf, hard of hearing, blind, or visually impaired, as the case may be. Requires in addition that all individual video displays to flight passengers of entertainment programming or information that are operated primarily by use of touchscreens or other contact-sensitive controls include a mechanism allowing individuals with disabilities to operate such displays independently in accordance with standards the Access Board shall establish. Makes certain penalties under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 available to persons aggrieved by an air carrier's failure to comply with this Act.

Air Carrier Access Amendments Act

Sen. Tom Harkin [D-IA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-05-14	Senate	Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Hearings held.
2013-03-13	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1792-1793)

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/senate-bill/556/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/s556/BILLS-113s556is.pdf