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[CITE: 40USC762a]

 
             TITLE 40--PUBLIC BUILDINGS, PROPERTY, AND WORKS
 
               CHAPTER 16--GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
 
Sec. 762a. Federal telecommunications system requirements


(a) Accessibility of telecommunications systems

    The Administrator of General Services, after consultation with the 
Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board, the 
Interagency Committee on Computer Support of Handicapped Employees, the 
Federal Communications Commission, and affected Federal agencies, shall, 
by regulation, take such actions in accordance with this section as may 
be necessary to assure that the Federal telecommunications system is 
fully accessible to hearing-impaired and speech-impaired individuals, 
including Federal employees, for communications with and within Federal 
agencies.

(b) Specific requirement

    In carrying out subsection (a) of this section, the Administrator 
shall--
        (1) provide for the continuation of the existing Federal relay 
    system for users of TDD's;
        (2) within 90 days after October 28, 1988, expand such relay 
    system by employing at least one additional operator;
        (3) within 180 days after October 28, 1988--
            (A) conduct, as part of the rulemaking proceeding required 
        by subsection (a) of this section, an analysis of modifications 
        to the Federal telecommunications system that the Administrator, 
        in his discretion, determines to be necessary to achieve the 
        objectives of subsection (a) of this section; and
            (B) submit a report on the results of such analysis to each 
        House of the Congress;

        (4) within 180 days after completion of such analysis, prescribe 
    the regulations required by subsection (a) of this section;
        (5) assemble, publish, and maintain a directory of TDD and other 
    devices used by Federal agencies to comply with such regulations, 
    and publish, in Federal agency directories, access numbers of TDD's 
    and such other devices; and
        (6) after consultation with the Architectural and Transportation 
    Barriers Compliance Board, adopt the design of a standard logo to 
    signify the presence of a TDD or other device used by a Federal 
    agency to comply with such regulations.

(c) Congressional oversight

    The Administrator shall not prescribe the regulation required by 
subsection (a) of this section before the end of the 90-day period 
beginning on the date the Administrator submits the report required by 
subsection (b)(3)(B) of this section.

(Pub. L. 100-542, Sec. 3, Oct. 28, 1988, 102 Stat. 2721.)

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 762, 762b of this title.
