{"abstract":"This document amends the Commission rules pertaining to mandatory minimum standards, and other regulations, for Telecommunications Relay Services (TRS) and speech-to-speech services for individuals with hearing and speech disabilities. The amended rules are intended to improve the overall effectiveness of TRS to ensure that persons with hearing and speech disabilities have access to telecommunications networks that is consistent with the goal of functional equivalency mandated by Congress.","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/2003/08/25/03-21615.html","cfr_references":[{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":64,"title":47}],"citation":"68 FR 50973","comment_url":null,"comments_close_on":"2003-10-24","correction_of":null,"corrections":[],"dates":"Effective September 24, 2003 except Sec. 64.604 (a)(3) and (c)(2) of the Commission's rules, which contains information collection requirements under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), that are not effective until approved by Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Written comments by the public on the new and modified information collections are due October 24, 2003. The Commission will publish a document in the Federal Register announcing the effective date for that section.","disposition_notes":null,"docket_ids":["CC Docket No. 98-67","FCC 03-112"],"dockets":[],"document_number":"03-21615","effective_on":"2003-09-24","end_page":50978,"executive_order_notes":null,"executive_order_number":null,"full_text_xml_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/xml/2003/08/25/03-21615.xml","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2003/08/25/03-21615/telecommunication-relay-services-and-speech-to-speech-services-for-individuals-with-hearing-and","images":{},"images_metadata":{},"json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents/03-21615?publication_date=2003-08-25","mods_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/metadata/granule/FR-2003-08-25/03-21615/mods.xml","not_received_for_publication":null,"page_length":6,"page_views":{"count":96,"last_updated":"2026-10-25 12:15:05 -0400"},"pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2003-08-25/pdf/03-21615.pdf","presidential_document_number":null,"proclamation_number":null,"public_inspection_pdf_url":null,"publication_date":"2003-08-25","raw_text_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/text/2003/08/25/03-21615.txt","regulation_id_number_info":{},"regulation_id_numbers":[],"regulations_dot_gov_info":{},"regulations_dot_gov_url":null,"significant":null,"signing_date":null,"start_page":50973,"subtype":null,"title":"Telecommunication Relay Services and Speech-to-Speech Services for Individuals With Hearing and Speech Disabilities","toc_doc":"Individuals with hearing and speech disabilities; telecommunications relay services and speech-to-speech services","toc_subject":"Common carrier services:","topics":["Individuals with disabilities","Reporting and recordkeeping requirements","Telecommunications"],"type":"Rule","volume":68}