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behalf of VCR manufacturers and fought to uphold the 
legality of home videotaping, and the Supreme Court’s 
ruling in favor of Sony and other VCR manufacturers 
paved the way for home recording, which is considered 
the Magna Carta for the consumer technology industry; 
Whereas, in 1984, the FCC approved multichannel TV sound 
(MTS) which provided the extra dimension of stereo for 
more powerful audio, and in 1986, the Consumer Elec-
tronics Group (CEG, a division of EIA) was honored with 
an Emmy for its industry-shaping role in advancing 
stereo television; 
Whereas, in 1990, legislation was signed into law requiring 
closed captioning decoders in all larger color TVs, and 
over the next 3 years, the FCC adopted the EIA’s closed 
captioning standard (later called CTA–608); 
Whereas, beginning in the 1990s, CTA started hosting mini- 
CES events on Capitol Hill where CTA members dis-
played new technology products for lawmakers and con-
gressional staff, and beginning in 2010, this became 
known as CES on the Hill, and it continues to this day; 
Whereas the organization was instrumental in the transition 
to digital television technology, cofounding the Advanced 
Television Systems Committee in 1982, helping create 
the Advanced Television Test Center in 1987 and the 
HDTV Model Station, which operated as a living test bed 
for making HDTV broadcasting work from 1996 to 1999 
and as the DTV Station Project until 2001; 
Whereas, in 1995, EIA’s Consumer Electronics Group be-
came Consumer Electronics Manufacturers Association 
(CEMA), and Gary Shapiro, who started working at the 
association in 1982, became president of CEMA; 
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Whereas, in 1998, the Electronic Industries Association was 
renamed Electronic Industries Alliance, and in 1999, 
CEMA’s name was changed to Consumer Electronics As-
sociation (CEA) and becomes its own separate legal enti-
ty, better reflecting the diversity of member companies; 
Whereas, in 2000, the CE Hall of Fame was created to honor 
the achievements of the leaders and pioneers in the con-
sumer electronics industry, and the Industry Forum 
awards dinner was established to recognize the hall’s in-
ductees; 
Whereas, since 2000, CTA has been recognized with scores 
of awards for CES, a healthy work environment and as 
a great place to work; 
Whereas, in 2005, the Digital Patriots Dinner was set up to 
recognize leaders in the public sector who work to ad-
vance technological growth, and at the inaugural award 
ceremony, Intel CEO Dr. Craig Barret received the In-
dustry Digital Patriot Award; 
Whereas, in 2012, the CTA Foundation was founded with the 
mission to support seniors and people with disabilities by 
connecting them with life-enhancing technology; 
Whereas, in 2012, CEA and other stakeholders joined a Fed-
eral Aviation Administration (FAA) advisory committee 
to provide recommendations that would allow passengers 
to use handheld devices in ‘‘airplane mode’’ during tax-
iing, takeoff, and landing; 
Whereas the organization entered 2015 with a new name, the 
Consumer Technology Association, reflecting the reality 
that every company is a tech company; 
Whereas, in 2019, CTA established the Diversity Investment 
Fund, which is investing up to $10,000,000 into venture 
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firms and funds focused on funding underrepresented 
founders, women-led startups, and diverse leadership 
teams; 
Whereas, in 2022, CTA partnered with the World Academy 
of Art and Science (WAAS) to showcase the critical role 
of technology in support of the United Nations (UN) ef-
forts to advance human security for all, and at a Sep-
tember 2023 event at UN headquarters in New York, 
CTA announced that technology would become the eighth 
pillar of the UN’s Human Security For All (HS4A) glob-
al campaign; 
Whereas, following a decade of legislative advocacy and 
standards development by CTA, the bipartisan Over-the- 
Counter Hearing Aid Act of 2017, directing the Food 
and Drug Administration (FDA) to allow direct-to-con-
sumer and retail-based hearing aid sales, passed Con-
gress in 2017, and in 2022, the FDA final rule author-
ized over-the-counter (OTC) hearing aids, benefitting 
tens of millions of Americans with mild to moderate hear-
ing loss to purchase OTC hearing aids without a medical 
exam or prescription, online, and in stores; 
Whereas, in July 2023, CTA joined the White House to sup-
port the launch of the United States Cyber Trust Mark 
program, a label to protect consumers from cyberattacks, 
and in October of that same year, CTA was recognized 
by the World Innovation, Technology and Services Alli-
ance (WITSA) for work around the program to give con-
sumers more information about the cybersecurity of the 
connected products they buy; 
Whereas, in September 2023, CTA released a policy frame-
work that supports a measured and balanced approach to 
the regulation of Artificial Intelligence (AI), and in No-
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vember, CTA president and CEO Gary Shapiro partici-
pated in a Senate forum on AI; 
Whereas, in February 2024, CTA named Kinsey Fabrizio as 
its first female president, with Gary Shapiro continuing 
as CEO; and 
Whereas the week of April 15, 2024, is CTA Tech Week, 
where the organization hosts CES on the Hill, its Digital 
Patriots Dinner, and will mark its 100th anniversary: 
Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) recognizes that the Consumer Technology 
Association is a respected and effective advocate for 
United States innovators and the entire technology 
industry, and has been igniting innovation since 
1924; 
(2) commemorates the Consumer Technology 
Association’s contributions to the United States 
economy and society throughout its history; and 
(3) celebrates the 100th anniversary of the es-
tablishment of the Consumer Technology Associa-
tion. 
Æ 
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