Sec. 3. Amendments to definitions and terms used in section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973
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Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 ( 29 U.S.C. 794d ) is amended— by striking electronic and information technology and inserting information and communications technology each place the term appears; in subsection (a)— in subparagraph
(A)of paragraph (1), by striking electronic and information technology in the subparagraph heading and inserting ; information and communications technology by striking subparagraph
(A)of paragraph
(2)and inserting the following: The Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board (referred to in this section as the Access Board ) shall maintain published technical and functional performance criteria necessary to implement the requirements set forth in paragraph (1). ; and in paragraph (3)— by striking Not later than 6 months after the Access Board publishes the standards required under paragraph (2), the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council shall revise the Federal Acquisition Regulation and each Federal department or agency shall revise the Federal procurement policies and directives under the control of the department or agency to incorporate those standards. ; and by striking Council and inserting Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council ; and by adding at the end the following: In this section: The term Federal department and agency has the meaning given the term agency in section 3502 of title 44, United States Code. The term information and communications technology means all information technology and all other equipment, systems, technologies, or processes, for which the principal function is the creation, manipulation, storage, display, receipt, or transmission of electronic data and information, as well as any associated content, such as— computers and peripheral equipment; information kiosks and transaction machines; telecommunications equipment; customer premises equipment; multifunction office machines; software; applications; websites; videos; and electronic documents. . The item relating to section 508 in the table of contents of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 ( 29 U.S.C. 701 et seq. ) is amended by striking Electronic and information technology and inserting Information and communications technology . Section 204 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 ( 29 U.S.C. 764 ) is amended— in subsection (b)(2)(C)(i), by striking electronic and information technology and inserting information and communications technology . in subsection (b)(2)(D), by striking electronic and information technology and inserting information and communications technology . Section 502 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 ( 29 U.S.C. 792 ) is amended— in subsection (b)(3)(D), by striking electronic and information technology and inserting information and communications technology . in subsection (d), by striking electronic and information technology and inserting information and communications technology .
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Amendments to definitions and terms used in section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973
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