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FCC RIN: 3060-AI72 Publication ID: Spring 2015 
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 U.S.C. 613   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM  02/03/1997  62 FR 4959   
R&O  09/16/1997  62 FR 48487   
Order on Reconsideration  10/20/1998  63 FR 55959   
NPRM  09/26/2005  70 FR 56150   
Order and Declaratory Ruling  01/13/2009  74 FR 1594   
NPRM  01/13/2009  74 FR 1654   
Final Rule Correction  09/11/2009  74 FR 46703   
Final Rule (Announcement of Effective Date)  02/19/2010  75 FR 7370   
Order  02/19/2010  75 FR 7368   
Order Suspending Effective Date  02/19/2010  75 FR 7369   
Waiver Order  10/04/2010  75 FR 61101   
Public Notice  11/17/2010  75 FR 70168   
Interim Final Rule (Order)  11/01/2011  76 FR 67376   
Final Rule (MO&O)  11/01/2011  76 FR 67377   
NPRM  11/01/2011  76 FR 67397   
NPRM Comment Period End  12/16/2011 
Public Notice  05/04/2012  77 FR 26550   
Public Notice  12/15/2012  77 FR 72348   
Final Rule Effective  03/16/2015 
FNPRM  03/27/2014  79 FR 17094   
R&O  03/31/2014  79 FR 17911   
FNPRM Comment Period End  07/25/2014 
Final Action (Announcement of Effective Date)  12/29/2014  79 FR 77916   
2nd FNPRM  12/31/2014  79 FR 78768   
Comment Period End  01/30/2015 
Next Action Undetermined  To Be Determined 
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes  Government Levels Affected: Local, State 
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:
Eliot Greenwald
Deputy Chief, Disability Rights Office
Federal Communications Commission
45 L Street NE,
Washington, DC 20554
Phone:202 418-2235
Email: eliot.greenwald@fcc.gov