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OGC-96-36 1 (1996-08-29)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabloj0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GAO United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 Office of the General Counsel B-274142 August 29, 1996 The Honorable Larry Pressler Chairman The Honorable Ernest F. Hollings Ranking Minority Member Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation United States Senate The Honorable Thomas J. Bliley, Jr. Chairman The Honorable John D. Dingell Ranking Minority Member Committee on Commerce House of Representatives Subject: Federal Communications Commission: Access to Telecommunications Equipment and Services by Persons With Disabilities Pursuant to section 801(a)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code, this is our report on a major rule promulgated by the Federal Communications Commission, entitled Access to Telecommunications Equipment and Services by Persons With Disabilities (FCC-96-285). We received the rule on July 12, 1996. It was published in the Federal Register as a final rule on August 14, 1996. 61 Fed. Reg. 42181. In adopting this Report and Order, the Commission amends its rules to require that, either at specific dates in the future or on a phased-in basis, all telephones in workplaces, confined settings (such as hospitals and nursing homes), and hotels and motels be hearing aid compatible; have volume control; and have the letters HAC affixed to them. The Report and Order also requires that, as of November 1998, importers and manufacturers include volume control in all new phones for use in the United States. The Commission believed these actions were needed to provide greater access to telephones by persons with hearing disabilities, as required by the Hearing Aid Compatibility Act of 1988, 47 U.S.C. § 610. GAO/OGC-96-36

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