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<div dir="ltr">\ufeff<span style="color: rgb(36, 36, 36); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">the Communications, Video, and Technology Accessibility (CVTA) Act, was reintroduced in Congress yesterday.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">This bipartisan bill updates the 21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act (CVAA) to ensure people with disabilities can fully access today\u2019s communication and video technologies.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">The CVTA Act would:</span></p>
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<div class="elementToProof" role="presentation" style="margin: 0px;">Expand equitable access to 9-1-1 services</div>
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<div class="elementToProof" role="presentation" style="margin: 0px;">Ensure accessibility rules keep pace with emerging tech like AI and virtual reality</div>
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<div dir="ltr"><span style="color: rgb(36, 36, 36); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The text of this bill is not yet on </span><span dir="ltr" style="color: rgb(36, 36, 36); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Congress.gov</span><span style="color: rgb(36, 36, 36); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">,
but can be accessed at this link: </span><a href="https://www.markey.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/communications_video_and_technology_accessibility_act.pdf" originalsrc="https://www.markey.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/communications_video_and_technology_accessibility_act.pdf" id="OWA5ed23ed2-661e-2475-0f61-3747a8ec8cec" class="OWAAutoLink" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">https://www.markey.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/communications_video_and_technology_accessibility_act.pdf</a><br>
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A one-pager on this bill is available at the following link: <a href="https://www.markey.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/cvta_one_pager.pdf" originalsrc="https://www.markey.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/cvta_one_pager.pdf" id="OWAabf4b922-1957-1f23-2784-2cc1a726514b" class="OWAAutoLink">https://www.markey.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/cvta_one_pager.pdf</a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Read Senator Markey's press release here: <a href="https://www.markey.senate.gov/news/press-releases/sens-markey-lujan-reps-dingell-fitzpatrick-reintroduce-bill-to-ensure-communication-and-video-technologies-are-accessible-to-people-with-disabilities" originalsrc="https://www.markey.senate.gov/news/press-releases/sens-markey-lujan-reps-dingell-fitzpatrick-reintroduce-bill-to-ensure-communication-and-video-technologies-are-accessible-to-people-with-disabilities" id="OWA54c3db53-f02f-6261-5f01-fcc758e2f39b" class="OWAAutoLink" title="https://www.markey.senate.gov/news/press-releases/sens-markey-lujan-reps-dingell-fitzpatrick-reintroduce-bill-to-ensure-communication-and-video-technologies-are-accessible-to-people-with-disabilities" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-outlook-id="62bd4748-3d40-4928-bd00-40666e9109eb" data-linkindex="0" style="margin: 0px;">https://www.markey.senate.gov/news/press-releases/sens-markey-lujan-reps-dingell-fitzpatrick-reintroduce-bill-to-ensure-communication-and-video-technologies-are-accessible-to-people-with-disabilities</a></span></p>
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