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(f) FEDERAL
ADVISORY
COMMITTEE
ACT.—The 
Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) shall not 
apply to the Advisory Committee. 
(g) IMPLEMENTING RECOMMENDATIONS.—The Com-
mission shall have the authority to promulgate regulations 
to implement the recommendations proposed by the Advi-
sory Committee, as well as any other regulations as are 
necessary to achieve reliable, interoperable communication 
that ensures access by individuals with disabilities to an 
Internet protocol-enabled emergency network. 
(h) SURVEY.—Not later than 30 months after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Commission shall con-
duct and publish the results of a national survey of indi-
viduals with disabilities concerning real time text, 
geolocation services, instant messaging services, and mo-
bile telecommunications relay services. The survey shall 
seek to determine what individuals with disabilities believe 
to be the most effective and efficient technologies and 
methods by which to enable access to emergency services 
by individuals with disabilities. 
(i) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 
(1) the term ‘‘Commission’’ means the Federal 
Communications Commission; 
(2) the term ‘‘Chairman’’ means the Chairman 
of the Federal Communications Commission; and 
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(3) except as otherwise expressly provided, 
other terms have the meanings given such terms in 
section 3 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 
U.S.C. 153). 
SEC. 106. RELAY SERVICES FOR DEAF-BLIND INDIVIDUALS. 
Title VII of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 
U.S.C. 601 et seq.), as amended by sections 103 and 104, 
is further amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 719. RELAY SERVICES FOR DEAF-BLIND INDIVID-
UALS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Within 6 months after the date 
of enactment of the Twenty-First Century Communica-
tions and Video Accessibility Act of 2010, the Commission 
shall establish rules that define as eligible for relay service 
support those programs that are approved by the Commis-
sion for the distribution of specialized customer premises 
equipment designed to make telecommunications service, 
Internet access service, and advanced communications, in-
cluding interexchange services and advanced telecommuni-
cations and information services, accessible by low-income 
individuals who are deaf-blind. 
‘‘(b) INDIVIDUALS
WHO
ARE
DEAF-BLIND
DE-
FINED.—For purposes of this section, the term ‘individ-
uals who are deaf-blind’ has the meaning given such term 
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in section 206 of the Helen Keller National Center Act 
(29 U.S.C. 1905). 
‘‘(c) ANNUAL AMOUNT.—The total amount of sup-
port the Commission may provide from its Telecommuni-
cations Relay Services Fund for any fiscal year may not 
exceed $10,000,000.’’. 
TITLE II—VIDEO PROGRAMMING 
SEC. 201. VIDEO PROGRAMMING AND EMERGENCY ACCESS 
ADVISORY COMMITTEE. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 60 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Chairman shall es-
tablish an advisory committee to be known as the Video 
Programming and Emergency Access Advisory Com-
mittee. 
(b) MEMBERSHIP.—As soon as practicable after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Chairman shall appoint 
individuals who have the technical knowledge and engi-
neering expertise to serve on the Advisory Committee in 
the fulfillment of its duties, including the following: 
(1) Representatives of distributors and pro-
viders of video programming or national organiza-
tions representing such distributors and providers. 
(2) Representatives of vendors, developers, and 
manufacturers of systems, facilities, equipment, and 
capabilities for the provision of video programming 
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delivered using Internet protocol or a national orga-
nization representing such vendors, developers, or 
manufacturers. 
(3) Representatives of manufacturers of con-
sumer electronics or information technology equip-
ment or a national organization representing such 
manufacturers. 
(4) Representatives of national organizations 
representing accessibility advocates, including indi-
viduals with disabilities and the elderly. 
(5) Representatives of the broadcast television 
industry or a national organization representing 
such industry. 
(6) Other individuals with technical and engi-
neering expertise, as the Chairman determines ap-
propriate. 
(c) COMMISSION OVERSIGHT.—The Chairman shall 
appoint a member of the Commission’s staff to moderate 
and direct the work of the Advisory Committee. 
(d) TECHNICAL STAFF.—The Commission shall ap-
point a member of the Commission’s technical staff to pro-
vide technical assistance to the Advisory Committee. 
(e) DEVELOPMENT OF RECOMMENDATIONS.— 
(1) CLOSED
CAPTIONING
REPORT.—Within 6 
months after the date of the first meeting of the Ad-
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visory Committee, the Advisory Committee shall de-
velop and submit to the Commission a report that 
includes the following: 
(A) An identification of the performance 
objectives for protocols, technical capabilities, 
and technical procedures needed to permit con-
tent providers, content distributors, Internet 
service providers, software developers, and de-
vice manufacturers to reliably encode, trans-
port, receive, and render closed captions of 
video programming delivered using Internet 
protocol. 
(B) An identification of additional proto-
cols, technical capabilities, and technical proce-
dures beyond those available as of the date of 
enactment of this Act for the delivery of closed 
captions of video programming delivered using 
Internet protocol that are necessary to meet the 
performance objectives identified under sub-
paragraph (A). 
(C) A recommendation for any regulations 
that may be necessary to ensure compatibility 
between video programming delivered using 
Internet protocol and devices capable of receiv-
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