47 U.S.C. § 620
Relay services for deaf-blind individuals
United States · Title 47 — TELECOMMUNICATIONS · Status: effective
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- 47 U.S.C. § 620, Relay services for deaf-blind individuals, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/488918
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Within 6 months after October 8, 2010, the Commission shall establish rules that define as eligible for relay service support those programs that are approved by the Commission for the distribution of specialized customer premises equipment designed to make telecommunications service, Internet access service, and advanced communications, including interexchange services and advanced telecommunications and information services, accessible by low-income individuals who are deaf-blind.
For purposes of this subsection,11 So in original. Probably should be “section,”. the term “individuals who are deaf-blind” has the same meaning given such term in the Helen Keller National Center Act, as amended by the Rehabilitation Act Amendments of 1992 (29 U.S.C. 1905(2)).
The total amount of support the Commission may provide from its interstate relay fund for any fiscal year may not exceed $10,000,000.
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone.
- Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- A bill to make technical corrections in the Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010 and the amendments made by that Act.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally