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.
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Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
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Training for Realtime Writers Act of 2019
USA116th CongressHR-5285| House
| Updated: 12/3/2019
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.
Disability and paralysisEducational technology and distance educationEmployment and training programsForeign language and bilingual programsHearing, speech, and vision carePerformance measurementStudent aid and college costsTelevision and film