Laws: Cases and Codes : U.S. Code : Title 47 : Section 611


   
U.S. Code as of: 01/19/04
Section 611. Closed-captioning of public service announcements

      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.



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