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Title I — Closed captioning and audio description
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(a) Video programming accessibility definitions Section 713 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 613) is amended— (1) by redesignating subsection (h) as subsection (a); (2) by moving subsection (a), as so redesignated, so that it appears immediately before subsection (b); and (3) in subsection (a), as so redesignated— (A) in paragraph (1)— (i) by striking television program's key visual elements and inserting the key visual elements of a video program or consumer generated media; and (ii) by striking the program's dialogue and inserting the dialogue of the program or media; (B) by striking paragraph (2); and (C) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following: (2) Live programming The term live programming has the meaning given the term in section 79.1 of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations, or any successor regulation. (3) Near-live programming The term near-live programming has the meaning given the term in section 79.1 of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations, or any successor regulation. (4) Online video programming The term online video programming means video programming delivered using internet protocol or any successor protocol. (5) Prerecorded programming The term prerecorded programming has the meaning given the term in section 79.1 of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations, or any successor regulation. (6) Video programming The term video programming — (A) means programming by, or generally considered comparable to programming provided by, a television broadcast station or nonbroadcast network, including programming delivered using internet protocol or any successor protocol; (B) includes— (i) programming provided on demand at the request of a viewer; and (ii) programming streamed live or at a prescribed time or times to all or a subset of viewers; and (C) does not include consumer generated media.. (b) Disability In this Act, the term disability has the meaning given the term in section 3 of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12102).