legislation: 102-hres-272
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| 102-hres-272 | 102 | hres | 272 | Calling on the film industry to continue to develop technologies that make films more accessible to the hearing-impaired. | Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 1991-11-07 | 1991-11-18 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Finance. | House | Rep. Horton, Frank J. [R-NY-29] | NY | R | H000797 | 46 | Commends the film industry for its commitment to making films more accessible to the hearing-impaired. Urges such industry to continue to make the development of open-captioning and other technology to aid the hearing-impaired an integral part of the film production and distribution process. Encourages: (1) filmmakers to produce and distribute versions of some films that are open-captioned or have advanced amplification systems; and (2) movie theatres to have at least some preannounced screenings of versions of featured films that are open-captioned. | 2024-02-05T14:30:09Z |