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RIN: 3060-AI72

Publication ID: Spring 2009

Title: Closed Captioning of Video Programming(Section 610 Review)
Abstract: The Commission's closed captioning rules are designed to make video programming more accessible to deaf and hard of hearing Americans. This proceeding resolves some issues regarding the Commission's closed captioning rules that were raised for comment in 2005, and also seeks comment on how a certain exemption from the closed captioning rules should be applied to digital multicast broadcast channels.
Agency: Federal Communications Commission(FCC)	Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda	Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Long-Term Actions
Major: No	Unfunded Mandates: No
RFA Section 610 Review: Section 610 Review
CFR Citation: 47 CFR 79.1
Legal Authority: 47 USC 613

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
NPRM	02/03/1997	62 FR 4959
R&O	09/16/1997	62 FR 48487
Notice	10/02/1997	62 FR 54848
Order on Recon	10/28/1998	63 FR 55959
Notice	09/29/2000	65 FR 58552
Notice	01/05/2001	66 FR 1136
Notice	12/31/2003	68 FR 75558
Notice	05/11/2004	69 FR 26095
NPRM	09/26/2005	70 FR 56150
Comment Period Extended	11/25/2005	70 FR 71077
Comment Period End	12/16/2005
Notice	09/27/2007	72 FR 70324
Order on Declaratory Ruling	01/13/2009	74 FR 1594
NPRM	01/13/2009	74 FR 1654
Comment Period End	02/27/2009
Next Action Undetermined	To Be Determined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes	Government Levels Affected: None
Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No
RIN Information URL: www.fcc.gov/cgb/dro/caption.html
RIN Data Printed in the FR: Yes
Agency Contact: Amelia L. Brown Attorney Advisor Federal Communications Commission 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554 Phone:202 418-2799 TDD Phone:202 418-7804 Fax:202 418-0037 Email: amelia.brown@fcc.gov