Americans with Disabilities: Telecommunications Relay Services : Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Finance of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives, One Hundred First Congress, First Session, on Title V of H.R. 2273 ... September 27, 1989U.S. Government Printing Office, 1990 - 62 páginas |
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Página 4 - AN ACT To establish a clear and comprehensive prohibition of discrimination on the basis of disability.
Página 57 - The hearing is adjourned. [Whereupon, the hearing was adjourned.] [The following statements were submitted for the record:] STATEMENT OF HON.
Página 25 - Commission under subsection (d); and (B) the program makes available adequate procedures and remedies for enforcing the requirements of the State program. (3) Method of funding.- Except as provided in subsection (d), the Commission shall not refuse to certify a State program based solely on the method such State will implement for funding intrastate telecommunication relay services.
Página 30 - For the purpose of regulating Interstate and foreign commerce in communication by wire and radio so as to make available, so far as possible, to all the people of the united States a rapid, efficient, nation-wide, and worldwide wire and radio communication service with adequate facilities at reasonable charges...
Página 5 - To establish a clear and comprehensive prohibition of discrimination on the basis of disability. 1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 lives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 4 (a) SHOBT TITLE. — This Act may be cited as the 5 "Americans with Disabilities Act of 1989".
Página 30 - BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND FINANCE OF THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND COMMERCE...
Página 10 - ... schedules, reassignment, acquisition or 6 modification of equipment or devices, appropriate 7 adjustment or modifications of examinations and 8 training materials, adoption or modification of pro9 cedures or protocols, the provision of qualified 10 readers or interpreters, and other similar accom11 modations. 12 (4) STATE.— The term "State...
Página 12 - SERVICES. 19 (a) GENERAL RULE. — It shall be considered discrimina20 tion for purposes of this Act for any common carrier, as de21 fined in section 3(h) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 22 USC 153(h)), that offers telephone services to the general 23 public, to fail to provide, not later than 1 year after the date 24 of enactment of this Act, interstate or intrastate telecom25 munication relay services so that such services provide...
Página 4 - Mr. OBERSTAR, Mr. PALLONE, Ms. PELOSI, Mr. RICHARDSON, Mr. ROWLAND of Connecticut, Ms. SCHNEIDER, Mr. SHAYS, Mr. SMITH of Vermont, Mr. SOLARZ, Mr. STUDDS, Mr. TRAXLER, Mr. UDALL, Mr. VENTO, Mr. WAXMAN, Mr. WEISS, Mr. WISE, Mr. WOLPE...
Página 58 - ... lives. A woman calls an ambulance when her husband has a heart attack; someone sets up an interview and gets a job; a teenager gets their first date...