S. 5121 · 117th Congress · Senate

Communications, Video, and Technology Accessibility Act of 2022

Active· Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Introduced
Nov 17, 22
Passed Senate
Pending
Passed House
Pending
Sent to President
Pending
Signed into Law
Pending

Executive Summary

Communications, Video, and Technology Accessibility Act of 2022

This bill expands, and establishes new, requirements to increase the accessibility of communications technologies for individuals who are blind or deaf or have other disabilities, including by requiring closed captioning for online video programming and audio descriptions for both online and televised video programming.