S.Amdt. 3309
What it does: Adds Sec. 105. Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall promulgate a final rule for all air carriers subject to section 41705 of title 49, United States Code, that requires that, to the maximum extent possible and at the earliest possible date, any visually displayed entertainment programming and information available to passengers on a flight be accessible to individuals with disabilities, including by making available or providing open captioning, closed captioning, and video description, and that any devices delivering individual programming must be capable of being independently operated by individuals with disabilities on page 118, between lines 19 and 20
Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA)What it changes
1 change to S.Amdt. 3244
Adds Sec. 105. Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall promulgate a final rule for all air carriers subject to section 41705 of title 49, United States Code, that requires that, to the maximum extent possible and at the earliest possible date, any visually displayed entertainment programming and information available to passengers on a flight be accessible to individuals with disabilities, including by making available or providing open captioning, closed captioning, and video description, and that any devices delivering individual programming must be capable of being independently operated by individuals with disabilities on page 118, between lines 19 and 20
Adds a sectionInserted: Sec. 105. Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall promulgate a final rule for all air carriers subject to section 41705 of title 49, United States Code, that requires that, to the maximum extent possible and at the earliest possible date, any visually displayed entertainment programming and information available to passengers on a flight be accessible to individuals with disabilities, including by making available or providing open captioning, closed captioning, and video description, and that any devices delivering individual programming must be capable of being independently operated by individuals with disabilities.
Original wording
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As printed
SA 3309. Mr. HARKIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3244 submitted by Ms. Mikulski and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 4660, making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2015, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 118, between lines 19 and 20, insert the following:
Sec. 105. Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall promulgate a final rule for all air carriers subject to section 41705 of title 49, United States Code, that requires that, to the maximum extent possible and at the earliest possible date, any visually displayed entertainment programming and information available to passengers on a flight be accessible to individuals with disabilities, including by making available or providing open captioning, closed captioning, and video description, and that any devices delivering individual programming must be capable of being independently operated by individuals with disabilities.
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Senate amendment submitted
June 19, 2014