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HRES 272 102th Congress House

Calling on the film industry to continue to develop technologies that make films more accessible to the hearing-impaired.

Introduced: February 24, 1992 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Agreed to (House)
Nov 18, 1991
Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Finance.
Nov 7, 1991
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Nov 7, 1991
Introduced in House
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 Latest action November 18, 1991

Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Finance.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 1 Republican 1
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Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Jun 29, 1992
FROST, MARTIN
· Feb 24, 1992
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Nov 26, 1991
LIPINSKI, WILLIAM
· Nov 19, 1991
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Res. 272: Calling on the film industry to continue to develop technologies that make films more accessible to the hearing-impaired.. 102nd Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/102-HRES-272/
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