47-U.S.C.-611
§611 – Closed-Captioning of Public Service Announcements
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Title 47 > Chapter 5 > Subchapter VI > Section 611
Details
- Reference: Section 611
- Legend: §611 – Closed-Captioning of Public Service Announcements
- USCode Year: 2013
Provision Content
Any television public service announcement that is produced or funded in whole or in part by any agency or instrumentality of Federal Government shall include closed captioning of the verbal content of such announcement. A television broadcast station licensee—
(1) shall not be required to supply closed captioning for any such announcement that fails to include it; and
(2) shall not be liable for broadcasting any such announcement without transmitting a closed caption unless the licensee intentionally fails to transmit the closed caption that was included with the announcement.
(June 19, 1934, ch. 652, title VII, §711, as added Pub. L. 98–549, §8, Oct. 30, 1984, 98 Stat. 2804; amended Pub. L. 101–336, title IV, §402, July 26, 1990, 104 Stat. 369.)
Amendments
1990—Pub. L. 101–336 amended section generally, substituting provisions relating to closed-captioning of public service announcements for provisions relating to establishment, functions, composition, etc., of Telecommunications Policy Study Commission.
Effective Date
Section effective 60 days after Oct. 30, 1984, except where otherwise expressly provided, see section 9(a) of Pub. L. 98–549, set out as a note under section 521 of this title.
U.S. Encyclopedia of Law Coverage
47-U.S.C.-605 in the Legal Encyclopedia: Wire or Radio Communication
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