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S 480 108th Congress Senate

Training for Realtime Writers Act of 2004

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

Introduced: June 16, 2004 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 11 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Nov 20, 2004
Held at the desk.
Nov 20, 2004
Received in the House.
Nov 20, 2004
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Nov 19, 2004
Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S11586-11587; text as passed Senate: CR S11586-11587)
Nov 19, 2004
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S11586-11587; text as passed Senate: CR S11586-11587)
Oct 11, 2004
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 790.
Oct 11, 2004
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator McCain without amendment. With written report No. 108-399.
Sep 22, 2004
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Feb 27, 2003
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2938-2939)
Feb 27, 2003
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2938)
Feb 27, 2003
Introduced in Senate
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 Latest action November 20, 2004

Held at the desk.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Training for Realtime Writers Act of 2003 - Directs the National Telecommunications and Information Administration 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 providing closed captioning in video programming. Sets forth priorities to be awarded in making grants. Limits grants to$1.5 million for a two-year period.
 Bill text 3 versions

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 7
All 7 Democratic 4 Republican 3
D
Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · Jun 16, 2004
 R
Crapo, Mike
Idaho · Oct 14, 2003
 D
Schumer, Charles E.
New York · Mar 25, 2003
 D
Murray, Patty
Washington · Mar 17, 2003
 R
Graham, Lindsey
South Carolina · Mar 5, 2003
 D
Wyden, Ron
Oregon · Mar 4, 2003
 R
Grassley, Chuck
Iowa · Feb 27, 2003
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 480: Training for Realtime Writers Act of 2004. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-S-480/
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"S. 480: Training for Realtime Writers Act of 2004." 108th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/108-S-480/.
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