Draft Legislation Enhancing Access to Broadband Technology and Services for Persons with Disabilities
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H.R. lll, DRAFT LEGISLATION ENHANCING ACCESS TO BROADBAND TECHNOLOGY AND SERVICES FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES HEARING BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND THE INTERNET OF THE COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND COMMERCE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ONE HUNDRED TENTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION May 1, 2008 Serial No. 110–110 ( Printed for the use of the Committee on Energy and Commerce energycommerce.house.gov U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 53–211 PDF WASHINGTON : 2008 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office Internet: bookstore.gpo.gov Phone: toll free (866) 512–1800; DC area (202) 512–1800 Fax: (202) 512–2104 Mail: Stop IDCC, Washington, DC 20402–0001 VerDate Nov 24 2008 11:50 Apr 07, 2010 Jkt 037690 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 5011 Sfmt 5011 C:\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS\CWELLS1\HEARINGS\110-110 SCOM1 PsN: JIMC COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND COMMERCE JOHN D. DINGELL, Michigan, Chairman HENRY A. WAXMAN, California JOE BARTON, Texas EDWARD J. MARKEY, Massachusetts Ranking Member RICK BOUCHER, Virginia RALPH M. HALL, Texas EDOLPHUS TOWNS, New York J. DENNIS HASTERT, Illinois FRANK PALLONE, JR., New Jersey FRED UPTON, Michigan BART GORDON, Tennessee CLIFF STEARNS, Florida BOBBY L. RUSH, Illinois NATHAN DEAL, Georgia ANNA G. ESHOO, California ED WHITFIELD, Kentucky BART STUPAK, Michigan BARBARA CUBIN, Wyoming ELIOT L. ENGEL, New York JOHN SHIMKUS, Illinois ALBERT R. WYNN, Maryland HEATHER WILSON, New Mexico GENE GREEN, Texas JOHN B. SHADEGG, Arizona DIANA DEGETTE, Colorado CHARLES W. ‘‘CHIP’’ PICKERING, Vice Chairman Mississippi LOIS CAPPS, California VITO FOSSELLA, New York MIKE DOYLE, Pennsylvania STEVE BUYER, Indiana JANE HARMAN, California GEORGE RADANOVICH, California TOM ALLEN, Maine JOSEPH R. PITTS, Pennsylvania JAN SCHAKOWSKY, Illinois MARY BONO, California HILDA L. SOLIS, California GREG WALDEN, Oregon CHARLES A. GONZALEZ, Texas LEE TERRY, Nebraska JAY INSLEE, Washington MIKE FERGUSON, New Jersey TAMMY BALDWIN, Wisconsin MIKE ROGERS, Michigan MIKE ROSS, Arkansas SUE WILKINS MYRICK, North Carolina DARLENE HOOLEY, Oregon JOHN SULLIVAN, Oklahoma ANTHONY D. WEINER, New York TIM MURPHY, Pennsylvania JIM MATHESON, Utah MICHAEL C. BURGESS, Texas G.K. BUTTERFIELD, North Carolina MARSHA BLACKBURN, Tennessee CHARLIE MELANCON, Louisiana JOHN BARROW, Georgia BARON P. HILL, Indiana PROFESSIONAL STAFF DENNIS B. FITZGIBBONS, Chief of Staff GREGG A. ROTHSCHILD, Chief Counsel SHARON E. DAVIS, Chief Clerk DAVID L. CAVICKE, Minority Staff Director (II) VerDate Nov 24 2008 11:50 Apr 07, 2010 Jkt 037690 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 8486 Sfmt 8486 C:\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS\CWELLS1\HEARINGS\110-110 SCOM1 PsN: JIMC SUBCOMMITTEE ON TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND THE INTERNET EDWARD J. MARKEY, Massachusetts, Chairman MIKE DOYLE, Pennsylvania FRED UPTON, Michigan Vice Chairman Ranking Member JANE HARMAN, California J. DENNIS HASTERT, Illinois CHARLES A. GONZALEZ, Texas CLIFF STEARNS, Florida JAY INSLEE, Washington NATHAN DEAL, Georgia BARON P. HILL, Indiana BARBARA CUBIN, Wyoming RICK BOUCHER, Virginia JOHN SHIMKUS, Illinois EDOLPHUS TOWNS, New York HEATHER WILSON, New Mexico FRANK PALLONE, JR., New Jersey CHARLES W. ‘‘CHIP’’ PICKERING, BART GORDON, Tennessee Mississippi BOBBY L. RUSH, Illinois VITO FOSELLA, New York ANNA G. ESHOO, California GEORGE RADANOVICH, California BART STUPAK, Michigan MARY BONO, California ELIOT L. ENGEL, New York GREG WALDEN, Oregon GENE GREEN, Texas LEE TERRY, Nebraska LOIS CAPPS, California MIKE FERGUSON, New Jersey HILDA L. SOLIS, California JOE BARTON, Texas (ex officio) JOHN D. DINGELL, Michigan (ex officio) (III) VerDate Nov 24 2008 11:50 Apr 07, 2010 Jkt 037690 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 C:\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS\CWELLS1\HEARINGS\110-110 SCOM1 PsN: JIMC VerDate Nov 24 2008 11:50 Apr 07, 2010 Jkt 037690 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 C:\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS\CWELLS1\HEARINGS\110-110 SCOM1 PsN: JIMC C O N T E N T S Page Hon. Edward J. Markey, a Representative in Congress from the Common- wealth of Massachusetts, opening statement .................................................... 1 Hon. Cliff Stearns, a Representative in Congress from the State of Florida, opening statement ................................................................................................ 3 Hon. Gene Green, a Representative in Congress from the State of Texas, opening statement ................................................................................................ 4 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 5 Hon. Fred Upton, a Representative in Congress from the State of Michigan, opening statement ................................................................................................ 5 Hon. Lois Capps, a Representative in Congress from the State of California, opening statement ................................................................................................ 6 Hon. Hilda L. Solis, a Representative in Congress from the State of Cali- fornia, opening statement .................................................................................... 7 Hon. John D. Dingell, a Representative in Congress from the State of Michi- gan, prepared statement ...................................................................................... 80 Hon. Edolphus Towns, a Representative in Congress from the State of New York, prepared statement .................................................................................... 80 Hon. Anna G. Eshoo, a Representative in Congress from the State of Cali- fornia, prepared statement .................................................................................. 81 Hon. Bart Stupak, a Representative in Congress from the State of Michigan, prepared statement .............................................................................................. 81 Hon. Eliot L. Engel, a Representative in Congress from the State of New York, opening statement ...................................................................................... 82 WITNESSES Russell Harvard, Coalition of Organizations for Accessible Technology (COAT) .................................................................................................................. 8 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 11 K. Dane Snowden, vice president, External and State Affairs, CTIA, The Wireless Association ............................................................................................ 22 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 24 Jamaal Anderson, Atlanta Falcons ........................................................................ 42 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 44 Larry Goldberg, director, Media Access, WGBH, Boston, Massachusetts .......... 48 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 49 Ken Nakata, director, Disability Initiatives and Government Compliance, BayFirst Solutions LLC ....................................................................................... 52 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 53 Jesse R. Acosta, U.S. Army ..................................................................................... 58 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 59 SUBMITTED MATERIAL H.R. lll, discussion draft .................................................................................. 85 (V) VerDate Nov 24 2008 11:50 Apr 07, 2010 Jkt 037690 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 C:\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS\CWELLS1\HEARINGS\110-110 SCOM1 PsN: JIMC VerDate Nov 24 2008 11:50 Apr 07, 2010 Jkt 037690 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 C:\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS\CWELLS1\HEARINGS\110-110 SCOM1 PsN: JIMC H.R. lll, DRAFT LEGISLATION ENHANCING ACCESS TO BROADBAND TECHNOLOGY AND SERVICES FOR PERSONS WITH DISABIL- ITIES THURSDAY, MAY 1, 2008 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SUBCOMMITTEE ON TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND THE INTERNET, COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND COMMERCE, Washington, DC. The subcommittee met, pursuant to notice, at 9:42 a.m., in room 2123, Rayburn House Office Building, Hon. Edward J. Markey (chairman of the subcommittee) presiding. Members Present: Representatives Markey, Gonzalez, Inslee, Stearns, Upton, Shimkus, and Radanovich. Staff Present: Amy Levine, Mark Seifert, Tim Powderly, Colin Crowell, David Vogel, Philip Murphy, Neil Fried, and Garrett Golding. OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. EDWARD J. MARKEY, A REP- RESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS Mr. MARKEY. Good morning, and welcome to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet and one of the most im- portant hearings that we are going to have during this 2-year pe- riod. The rise of digital technologies and services meshed with broadband access to the Internet is driving further innovation across communications markets. As these changes challenged marketplace participants and spawned new services and markets, various industries have la- mented over recent years that Congress and the Federal Commu- nications Commission simply cannot keep pace. They repeatedly as- sert that our Nation’s laws and regulations are antiquated. They have successfully pressed for changes and continue to push for ad-