{"abstract":"This document amends Commission rules governing the delivery of telecommunications relay services to expand the kinds of relay services available to consumers and to improve the quality of relay service. The Commission amended its rules to better conform to the statutory mandate that TRS must be \"functionally equivalent\" to voice telecommunications service to the extent possible. Among other things, these rules are intended to improve the speed at which calls are answered and conversations relayed.","action":"Final rule.","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION","name":"Federal Communications Commission","id":161,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-communications-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/161","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-communications-commission"}],"body_html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/html/2000/06/21/00-15706.html","cfr_references":[{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":64,"title":47}],"citation":"65 FR 38432","comment_url":null,"comments_close_on":"2000-08-21","correction_of":null,"corrections":[],"dates":"Section 64.604 is effective on June 30, 2000, however compliance is not required until the dates stated in that section. The remaining sections are effective on December 18, 2000, except for Secs. 64.604(b)(2), 64.604(c)(1), Secs. 64.604(c)(5)(i), and 64.605(f) which contain information collection that have not been approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). The Commission will publish a document in the Federal Register announcing the effective date. Written comments by the public on the new information collections are due August 21, 2000.","disposition_notes":null,"docket_ids":["CC Docket No. 98-67","FCC 00-56"],"dockets":[],"document_number":"00-15706","effective_on":"2000-06-30","end_page":38440,"executive_order_notes":null,"executive_order_number":null,"full_text_xml_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/xml/2000/06/21/00-15706.xml","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2000/06/21/00-15706/telecommunications-relay-services-and-speech-to-speech-services-for-individuals-with-hearing-and","images":{},"images_metadata":{},"json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents/00-15706?publication_date=2000-06-21","mods_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/metadata/granule/FR-2000-06-21/00-15706/mods.xml","not_received_for_publication":null,"page_length":9,"page_views":{"count":157,"last_updated":"2026-10-23 06:15:04 -0400"},"pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2000-06-21/pdf/00-15706.pdf","presidential_document_number":null,"proclamation_number":null,"public_inspection_pdf_url":null,"publication_date":"2000-06-21","raw_text_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/text/2000/06/21/00-15706.txt","regulation_id_number_info":{},"regulation_id_numbers":[],"regulations_dot_gov_info":{"checked_regulationsdotgov_at":"2011-11-12T02:54:43Z"},"regulations_dot_gov_url":null,"significant":null,"signing_date":null,"start_page":38432,"subtype":null,"title":"Telecommunications Relay Services and Speech-to-Speech Services for Individuals With Hearing and Speech Disabilities","toc_doc":"Individuals with hearing and speach disabilities; Telecommunications relay services and speech-to-speech services","toc_subject":"Common carrier services:","topics":["Communications common carriers","Telephone"],"type":"Rule","volume":65}