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those prescribed by regulations pursuant to para-
graph (1) if the requirements of such section are 
met, as determined by the Commission. 
(c) DEFERRAL OF COMPLIANCE WITH ATSC MO-
BILE DTV STANDARD A/153.—A digital apparatus de-
signed and manufactured to receive or play back the Ad-
vanced Television Systems Committee’s Mobile DTV 
Standards A/153 shall not be required to meet the require-
ments of the regulations prescribed under subsection (b) 
for a period of not less than 24 months after the date 
on which the final regulations are published in the Federal 
Register. 
SEC. 205. ACCESS TO VIDEO PROGRAMMING GUIDES AND 
MENUS PROVIDED ON NAVIGATION DEVICES. 
(a) AMENDMENT.—Section 303 of the Communica-
tions Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 303) is further amended by 
adding after subsection (aa), as added by section 204 of 
this Act, the following new subsection: 
‘‘(bb) Require— 
‘‘(1) if achievable (as defined in section 716), 
that the on-screen text menus and guides provided 
by navigation devices (as such term is defined in sec-
tion 76.1200 of title 47, Code of Federal Regula-
tions) for the display or selection of multichannel 
video programming are audibly accessible in real- 
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time upon request by individuals who are blind or 
have a visual impairment, except that the Commis-
sion may not specify the technical standards, proto-
cols, procedures, and other technical requirements 
for meeting this requirement; and 
‘‘(2) for navigation devices with built-in closed 
captioning capability, access to such capability 
through a button, key, or icon designated for acti-
vating the closed captioning, or through any other 
mechanism that provides a substantially equivalent 
level of accessibility.’’. 
(b) IMPLEMENTING REGULATIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Within 12 months after the 
submission to the Commission of the Advisory Com-
mittee report required by section 201(e)(2), the 
Commission shall prescribe such regulations as are 
necessary to implement the amendment made by 
subsection (a). 
(2) EXEMPTION.—Such regulations may pro-
vide an exemption from the regulations for cable sys-
tems serving 50,000 or fewer subscribers. 
(3) RESPONSIBILITY.—An entity shall only be 
responsible for compliance with the requirements 
added by this section with respect to navigation de-
vices that such entity provides to a requesting indi-
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vidual who is blind or has a visual impairment and 
shall make reasonable efforts to make such require-
ments known to consumers. 
(4) SEPARATE EQUIPMENT OR SOFTWARE.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Such regulations shall 
permit but not require the entity providing the 
navigation device to the requesting individual 
who is blind or has a visual impairment to com-
ply with section 303(bb)(1) of the Communica-
tions Act of 1934 (as added by subsection (a) 
of this section) through such entity’s use of 
software, a peripheral device, specialized con-
sumer premises equipment, a network-based 
service, or other solution, and shall provide such 
entity with the flexibility to select the manner 
of compliance. 
(B) REQUIREMENTS.—If an entity com-
plies with section 303(bb)(1) of the Commu-
nications Act of 1934 (as added by subsection 
(a) of this section) under subparagraph (A) of 
this paragraph, such entity shall provide any 
such software, peripheral device, equipment, 
service, or solution at no additional charge and 
within a reasonable time to such individual. 
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(5) 
USER
CONTROLS
FOR
CLOSED
CAP-
TIONING.—Such regulations shall permit the entity 
providing the navigation device maximum flexibility 
in the selection of means for compliance with section 
303(bb)(2) of the Communications Act of 1934 (as 
added by subsection (a) of this section). 
(6) PHASE-IN.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Commission shall 
provide affected entities with— 
(i) not less than 2 years after the 
adoption of such regulations to begin plac-
ing in service devices that comply with the 
requirements of section 303(bb)(2) of the 
Communications Act of 1934 (as added by 
subsection (a) of this section); and 
(ii) not less than 3 years after the 
adoption of such regulations to begin plac-
ing in service devices that comply with the 
requirements of section 303(bb)(1) of the 
Communications Act of 1934 (as added by 
subsection (a) of this section). 
(B) APPLICATION.—Such regulations shall 
apply only to devices manufactured or imported 
on or after the respective effective dates estab-
lished in subparagraph (A). 
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SEC. 206. DEFINITIONS. 
In this title: 
(1) ADVISORY COMMITTEE.—The term ‘‘Advi-
sory Committee’’ means the advisory committee es-
tablished in section 201. 
(2) CHAIRMAN.—The term ‘‘Chairman’’ means 
the Chairman of the Federal Communications Com-
mission. 
(3) COMMISSION.—The term ‘‘Commission’’ 
means the Federal Communications Commission. 
(4) EMERGENCY
INFORMATION.—The term 
‘‘emergency information’’ has the meaning given 
such term in section 79.2 of title 47, Code of Fed-
eral Regulations. 
(5) INTERNET PROTOCOL.—The term ‘‘Internet 
protocol’’ includes Transmission Control Protocol 
and a successor protocol or technology to Internet 
protocol. 
(6) NAVIGATION DEVICE.—The term ‘‘naviga-
tion device’’ has the meaning given such term in sec-
tion 76.1200 of title 47, Code of Federal Regula-
tions. 
(7) VIDEO DESCRIPTION.—The term ‘‘video de-
scription’’ has the meaning given such term in sec-
tion 713 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 
U.S.C. 613). 
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(8) VIDEO
PROGRAMMING.—The term ‘‘video 
programming’’ has the meaning given such term in 
section 713 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 
U.S.C. 613). 
TITLE III—PAYGO COMPLIANCE 
SEC. 301. PAYGO COMPLIANCE. 
The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of 
complying with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, 
shall be determined by reference to the latest statement 
titled ‘‘Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legislation’’ for this 
Act, submitted for printing in the Congressional Record 
by the Chairman of the House Budget Committee, pro-
vided that such statement has been submitted prior to the 
vote on passage. 
Passed the House of Representatives July 26, 2010. 
Attest: 
LORRAINE C. MILLER, 
Clerk. 
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