HRES 272 · 102th Congress · Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Calling on the film industry to continue to develop technologies that make films more accessible to the hearing-impaired.
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EnactedLatest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Finance.(1991-11-18)
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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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19 Democrats1 Republican