House Bill 5285
116th Congress(2019-2020)
Training for Realtime Writers Act of 2019
Introduced
Introduced in House on Dec 3, 2019
Origin Chamber
House
Type
Bill
Bill
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Bill Number
5285
Congress
116
Policy Area
Science, Technology, Communications
Science, Technology, Communications
Primary focus of measure is natural sciences, space exploration, research policy and funding, research and development, STEM education, scientific cooperation and communication; technology policies, telecommunication, information technology; digital media, journalism. Measures concerning scientific education may fall under Education policy area.
No House votes have been held for this bill.
Summary
Training for Realtime Writers Act of 2019
This bill establishes a grant program to recruit, train, and place real-time writers for closed captioning of television programming.
Specifically, the bill requires the Department of Education to award grants to court reporting programs that possess the most substantial capacity to train real-time writers for closed captioning English and Spanish video programming. Grant recipients shall use the funds to recruit, train and assist, and place real-time writers.
December 3, 2019
12/03/2019
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
12/03/2019
Introduced in House
Public Record
Record Updated
Oct 28, 2022 1:46:07 AM