Communications, Video, and Technology Accessibility Act of 2026

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 4322 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4322 To update the 21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES April 16 (legislative day, April 14), 2026 Mr. Markey (for himself and Mr. Lujan) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To update the 21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Communications, Video, and Technology Accessibility Act of 2026''. (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. TITLE I--CLOSED CAPTIONING AND AUDIO DESCRIPTION Sec. 101. Definitions. Sec. 102. Closed captioning. Sec. 103. Audio description. Sec. 104. Technical and conforming amendments relating to economic burden. Sec. 105. Sign language in video programming. Sec. 106. Closed Captioning, Audio Description, and Sign Language Advisory Committee. Sec. 107. Inquiries and reports to Congress. TITLE II--VIDEO PLAYBACK APPARATUSES Sec. 201. Video playback apparatuses. TITLE III--COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES Sec. 301. Video conferencing. Sec. 302. Relay services. Sec. 303. National DeafBlind equipment distribution program. TITLE IV--CUSTOMER SERVICE Sec. 401. Usability of advanced communication and video programming services. TITLE V--EMERGING TECHNOLOGY Sec. 501. Emerging technology. TITLE VI--ENFORCEMENT AND REPORTING Sec. 601. Accessibility enforcement. Sec. 602. Accessibility complaint reporting. TITLE I--CLOSED