Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 3101) to ensure that individuals with disabilities have access to emerging Internet Protocol-based communication and video programming technologies in the 21st Century, as amended. The Clerk read the title of the bill. The text of the bill is as follows: H.R. 3101 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Twenty- First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010''. (b) Table of Contents.-- Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Sec. 2. Limitation on liability. Sec. 3. Proprietary technology. TITLE I--COMMUNICATIONS ACCESS Sec. 101. Definitions. Sec. 102. Hearing aid compatibility. Sec. 103. Relay services. Sec. 104. Access to internet-based services and equipment. Sec. 105. Emergency Access Advisory Committee. Sec. 106. Relay services for deaf-blind individuals. TITLE II--VIDEO PROGRAMMING Sec. 201. Video Programming and Emergency Access Advisory Committee. Sec. 202. Video description and closed captioning. Sec. 203. Closed captioning decoder and video description capability. Sec. 204. User interfaces on digital apparatus. Sec. 205. Access to video programming guides and menus provided on navigation devices. Sec. 206. Definitions. TITLE III--PAYGO COMPLIANCE Sec. 301. PAYGO Compliance. SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON LIABILITY.…
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