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HR 970 108th Congress House

Training for Realtime Writers Act of 2003

Official title: To provide competitive grants for training court reporters and realtime writers to meet requirements for closed captioning under the Telecommunications Act of 1996, and for other purposes.

Introduced: June 19, 2003 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 31, 2003
Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
Feb 27, 2003
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Feb 27, 2003
Introduced in House
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 Latest action March 31, 2003

Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Training for Realtime Writers Act of 2003 - Directs the Secretary of Education to make competitive grants to eligible entities to promote training and placement of individuals, including individuals who have completed a court reporting training program, as realtime writers to meet requirements for closed captioning in video programming. Sets forth priorities to be given in the award of such grants. Limits grants to a two-year period and a maximum amount of $1.5 million.
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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 34
All 34 Democratic 15 Republican 7
SCHROCK, EDWARD
· Sep 21, 2004
 D
Larsen, Rick
Washington · Apr 28, 2004
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Oct 15, 2003
Ballance, Frank
· Sep 9, 2003
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Jul 24, 2003
 D
DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · Jun 26, 2003
Majette, Denise
· Jun 19, 2003
 D
Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Jun 19, 2003
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Jun 19, 2003
QUINN, JACK
· Jun 19, 2003
 D
Sherman, Brad
California · Jun 19, 2003
 D
Case, Ed
Hawaii · May 13, 2003
 D
Schiff, Adam B.
California · May 13, 2003
 D
Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · May 5, 2003
 R
Wilson, Joe
South Carolina · May 5, 2003
HOUGHTON, AMO
· Apr 10, 2003
 R
Sessions, Pete
Texas · Apr 10, 2003
FROST, MARTIN
· Mar 20, 2003
 D
Van Hollen, Chris
Maryland · Mar 20, 2003
 R
Wicker, Roger F.
Mississippi · Mar 20, 2003
 R
Carter, John R.
Texas · Mar 12, 2003
 D
Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Mar 12, 2003
DEUTSCH, PETER
· Mar 12, 2003
KLECZKA, GERALD
· Mar 12, 2003
LIPINSKI, WILLIAM
· Mar 12, 2003
MOLLOHAN, ALAN
· Mar 12, 2003
 R
Simpson, Michael K.
Idaho · Mar 12, 2003
TURNER, JIM
· Mar 12, 2003
 R
Aderholt, Robert B.
Alabama · Feb 27, 2003
 D
Baldwin, Tammy
Wisconsin · Feb 27, 2003
 R
Capito, Shelley Moore
West Virginia · Feb 27, 2003
Isakson, Johnny
· Feb 27, 2003
 D
Lynch, Stephen F.
Massachusetts · Feb 27, 2003
 D
Neal, Richard E.
Massachusetts · Feb 27, 2003
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 970: Training for Realtime Writers Act of 2003. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-970/
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"H.R. 970: Training for Realtime Writers Act of 2003." 108th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-970/.
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