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—
shall not be required to supply closed captioning for any such announcement that fails to include it; and
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. 652Pub. L. 98–549, § 898 Stat. 2804Pub. L. 101–336, title IV, § 402104 Stat. 369(, title VII, § 711, as added , , ; amended , , .)
Editorial Notes
Amendments
Pub. L. 101–3361990— 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.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
section 9(a) of Pub. L. 98–549section 521 of this titleSection effective 60 days after , except where otherwise expressly provided, see , set out as a note under .