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Video Description Restoration Act of 2004

Introduced: May 6, 2004 Introduced by: Markey, Edward J. Democratic · Massachusetts See on congress.gov
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May 21, 2004
Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.
May 7, 2004
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E790)
May 6, 2004
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
May 6, 2004
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Video Description Restoration Act of 2004 - Considers authorized and ratified by law the video description rules of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) contained in the year 2000 FCC report and order identified as Implementation of Video Description of Video Programming, notwithstanding the decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit in Motion Picture Association of America, Inc., et al., v. Federal Communications Commission, et al.

Directs the FCC to: (1) reinstate such rules; and (2) initiate a proceeding to consider whether it is economically and technically feasible and consistent with the public interest to include "accessible information" in such rules. Authorizes the FCC to amend, repeal, or otherwise modify such rules.

What's happening now May 21, 2004

Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4311: Video Description Restoration Act of 2004. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-4311/
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"H.R. 4311: Video Description Restoration Act of 2004." 108th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-4311/.
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