United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 951 (109th)
Video Description Restoration Act of 2005
Introduced
17 February 2005
Last action
22 March 2005 · Referred
Status
Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.
Sponsors
Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA], Rep. Wilson, Heather [R-NM-1], Rep. Green, Gene [D-TX-29], Rep. Doggett, Lloyd [D-TX-37], Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD], Rep. Gerlach, Jim [R-PA-6], Rep. Peterson, Collin C. [D-MN-7], Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2], Rep. Moran, James P. [D-VA-8], Rep. Kucinich, Dennis J. [D-OH-10], Rep. Fattah, Chaka [D-PA-2], Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18], Rep. Wynn, Albert Russell [D-MD-4], Rep. Cooper, Jim [D-TN-5], Rep. Honda, Michael M. [D-CA-15], Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-18], Rep. Capuano, Michael E. [D-MA-8]
Subjects
Discovery layer
Source updated
15 August 2025
Summary
Video Description Restoration Act of 2005 - Considers authorized and ratified by law the video description rules of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) contained in the year 2000 FCC report and order identified as Implementation of Video Description of Video Programming, notwithstanding the decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit in Motion Picture Association of America, Inc., et al., v. Federal Communications Commission, et al. Directs the FCC to: (1) reinstate such rules; and (2) initiate a proceeding to consider whether it is economically and technically feasible and consistent with the public interest to include "accessible information" in such rules. Authorizes the FCC to amend, repeal, or otherwise modify such rules.
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Timeline
17 February 2005
Introduced
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Source: IntroReferral
17 February 2005
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
17 February 2005
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
18 February 2005
Introduced
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E285)
Source: IntroReferral
22 March 2005
Referred
Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.
Source: Committee
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
- Introduced in House · 17 February 2005 · Download file
Documents
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Sponsors
- Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Wilson, Heather [R-NM-1] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Green, Gene [D-TX-29] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Doggett, Lloyd [D-TX-37] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Gerlach, Jim [R-PA-6] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Peterson, Collin C. [D-MN-7] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Moran, James P. [D-VA-8] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Kucinich, Dennis J. [D-OH-10] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Fattah, Chaka [D-PA-2] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Wynn, Albert Russell [D-MD-4] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Cooper, Jim [D-TN-5] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Honda, Michael M. [D-CA-15] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-18] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Capuano, Michael E. [D-MA-8] · D · Cosponsor
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Related records
- related to ← TIVI Act
Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/109th-congress/house-bill/951
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/951
- us · 109-hr-951 · source updated 15 August 2025