This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER

contains notices to the public of the proposed

issuance of rules and regulations. The

purpose of these notices is to give interested

persons an opportunity to participate in the

rule making prior to the adoption of the final

rules.

Proposed Rules Federal Register

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Vol. 79, No. 173 

Monday, September 8, 2014 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

28 CFR Part 36 

[CRT Docket No. 126; AG Order No. 3462– 

2014] 

RIN 1190–AA63 

Nondiscrimination on the Basis of 

Disability by Public 

Accommodations—Movie Theaters; 

Movie Captioning and Audio 

Description 

AGENCY: Civil Rights Division, 

Department of Justice. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking; 

extension of comment period. 

SUMMARY: On August 1, 2014, the 

Department of Justice published a 

Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) 

in the Federal Register in order to 

propose amendments to its Americans 

with Disabilities Act title III regulation 

to require the provision of closed movie 

captioning and audio description to give 

persons with hearing and vision 

disabilities access to movies. The 

comment period is scheduled to close 

on September 30, 2014. The Department 

of Justice is extending the comment 

period until December 1, 2014 in order 

to provide additional time for the public 

to prepare comments. 

DATES: For the proposed rule published 

on August 1, 2014 (79 FR 44976), the 

comment period is extended. All 

comments must be received by 

December 1, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: Submit electronic 

comments and other data identified by 

RIN 1190–AA63, by any one of the 

following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Web site at 

http://www.regulations.gov/

#!docketDetail;D=DOJ-CRT-2014-0004. 

Follow the Web site’s instructions for 

submitting comments. 

• Regular U.S. mail: Disability Rights 

Section, Civil Rights Division, U.S. 

Department of Justice, P.O. Box 2885, 

Fairfax, VA 22031–0885. 

• Overnight, courier, or hand 

delivery: Disability Rights Section, Civil 

Rights Division, U.S. Department of 

Justice, 1425 New York Avenue NW., 

Suite 4039, Washington, DC 20005. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Zita 

Johnson-Betts, Deputy Section Chief, 

Disability Rights Section, Civil Rights 

Division, U.S. Department of Justice, at 

(202) 307–0663 (voice or TTY). This is 

not a toll-free number. Information may 

also be obtained from the Department’s 

toll-free ADA Information Line at (800) 

514–0301 (voice) or (800) 514–0383 

(TTY). 

You may obtain copies of this 

document in alternative formats by 

calling the ADA Information Line at 

(800) 514–0301 (voice) and (800) 514– 

0383 (TTY). This notice is also available 

on the Department’s Web site at http://

www.ada.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Extension of Comment Period 

The Department of Justice published 

a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking 

(NPRM) in the Federal Register on 

August 1, 2014, proposing amendments 

to its Americans with Disabilities Act 

title III regulation to require the 

provision of closed movie captioning 

and audio description in order to give 

persons with hearing and vision 

disabilities access to movies. The NPRM 

asked 21 multi-part questions, seeking 

public comment on a wide range of 

issues related to the proposed 

requirements, as well as the 

Department’s analysis of the costs and 

benefits of the proposed rule. Following 

publication of the NPRM, the 

Department received a request to extend 

the deadline for public comment by an 

additional 60 days, citing the number 

and complexity of the data requests on 

a broad range of topics and the resulting 

need for additional time in order to 

provide an informed response to the 

Department’s questions. The 

Department has decided to grant an 

extension of the comment period until 

December 1, 2014. The Department 

believes this extension provides ample 

time to allow interested parties to 

provide comments on this proposed 

rule. Comments on the NPRM may be 

provided by December 1, 2014 online at 

http://www.regulations.gov/

#!docketDetail;D=DOJ-CRT-2014-0004 

or by mail at P.O. Box 2885, Fairfax, VA 

22031–0885. 

Dated: September 2, 2014. 

Eric H. Holder, Jr., 

Attorney General. 

[FR Doc. 2014–21285 Filed 9–5–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4410–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

38 CFR Part 36 

RIN 2900–AO70 

Loan Guaranty—Specially Adapted 

Housing Assistive Technology Grant 

Program 

AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs. 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Veterans 

Affairs (VA) is proposing to implement 

through regulation statutory authority to 

provide grants for the development of 

new assistive technologies for use in 

specially adapted housing for eligible 

veterans or servicemembers, as 

authorized by the Veterans’ Benefits Act 

of 2010 (the Act), enacted on October 

13, 2010. The Act authorizes VA to 

provide grants of up to $200,000 per 

fiscal year to persons or entities to 

encourage the development of specially 

adapted housing assistive technologies. 

VA is amending its regulations to 

outline the process, the criteria, and the 

priorities relating to the award of these 

research and development grants. 

DATES: Comments must be received by 

VA on or before November 7, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments may be 

submitted through http://

www.Regulations.gov; by mail or handdelivery to: Director, Regulation Policy 

and Management (02REG), Department 

of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont 

Avenue NW., Room 1068, Washington, 

DC 20420; or by fax to (202) 273–9026. 

Comments should indicate that they are 

submitted in response to ‘‘RIN 2900– 

AO70-Loan Guaranty—Specially 

Adapted Housing Assistive Technology 

Grant Program.’’ Copies of comments 

received will be available for public 

inspection in the Office of Regulation 

Policy and Management, Room 1068, 

between the hours of 8 a.m. and 4:30 

p.m., Monday through Friday (except 

holidays). Please call (202) 461–4923 for 

an appointment (this is not a toll-free 

number). In addition, during the 

comment period, comments may be 


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