Technical and conforming amendments relating to economic burden
Title I — Closed captioning and audio description
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Subsection (f) of section 713 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 613), as redesignated by section 102, is amended to read as follows: (f) Economically burdensome For purposes of this section, the term economically burdensome means resulting in significant difficulty or expense. In determining whether the closed captions or audio description necessary to comply with the requirements of this section would be economically burdensome, the factors to be considered include— (1) the nature and cost of the closed captions or audio description for the programming; (2) the impact on the operation of the provider or program owner; (3) the financial resources of the provider or program owner; and (4) the type of operations of the provider or program owner..