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 124 STAT. 2772 PUBLIC LAW 111–260—OCT. 8, 2010 SEC. 203. CLOSED CAPTIONING DECODER AND VIDEO DESCRIPTION CAPABILITY. (a) AUTHORITY TO REGULATE.—Section 303(u) of the Commu- nications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 303(u)) is amended to read as follows: ‘‘(u) Require that, if technically feasible— ‘‘(1) apparatus designed to receive or play back video programming transmitted simultaneously with sound, if such apparatus is manufactured in the United States or imported for use in the United States and uses a picture screen of any size— ‘‘(A) be equipped with built-in closed caption decoder circuitry or capability designed to display closed-captioned video programming; ‘‘(B) have the capability to decode and make avail- able the transmission and delivery of video description services as required by regulations reinstated and modified pursuant to section 713(f); and ‘‘(C) have the capability to decode and make avail- able emergency information (as that term is defined in section 79.2 of the Commission’s regulations (47 CFR 79.2)) in a manner that is accessible to individuals who are blind or visually impaired; and ‘‘(2) notwithstanding paragraph (1) of this subsection— ‘‘(A) apparatus described in such paragraph that use a picture screen that is less than 13 inches in size meet the requirements of subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) of such paragraph only if the requirements of such subparagraphs are achievable (as defined in sec- tion 716); ‘‘(B) any apparatus or class of apparatus that are display-only video monitors with no playback capability are exempt from the requirements of such paragraph; and ‘‘(C) the Commission shall have the authority, on its own motion or in response to a petition by a manu- facturer, to waive the requirements of this subsection for any apparatus or class of apparatus— ‘‘(i) primarily designed for activities other than receiving or playing back video programming transmitted simultaneously with sound; or ‘‘(ii) for equipment designed for multiple pur- poses, capable of receiving or playing video programming transmitted simultaneously with sound but whose essential utility is derived from other purposes.’’. (b) OTHER DEVICES.—Section 303 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 303) is further amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: ‘‘(z) Require that— ‘‘(1) if achievable (as defined in section 716), apparatus designed to record video programming transmitted simulta- neously with sound, if such apparatus is manufactured in the United States or imported for use in the United States, enable the rendering or the pass through of closed captions, video description signals, and emergency informa- tion (as that term is defined in section 79.2 of title 47, Waiver authority.