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Code · U.S. Code · Title 47 - TELECOMMUNICATIONS · CHAPTER 5— WIRE OR RADIO COMMUNICATION · SUBCHAPTER VI— MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS · § 611

§ 611. Closed-captioning of public service announcements

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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.)
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  • June 19, 1934, ch. 652
  • Pub. L. 98–549, § 8
  • 98 Stat. 2804
  • Pub. L. 101–336, title IV, § 402
  • 104 Stat. 369
  • Pub. L. 101–336
  • section 9(a) of Pub. L. 98–549
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ActJune 19, 1934, ch. 652
Pub. L.Pub. L. 98–549, § 8
Stat.98 Stat. 2804
Pub. L.Pub. L. 101–336, title IV, § 402
Stat.104 Stat. 369
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