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title: "40 U.S.C. § 18104"
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title_number: 40
title_name: "PUBLIC BUILDINGS, PROPERTY, AND WORKS"
chapter_number: "181"
chapter_name: "TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACCESSIBILITY FOR HEARING-IMPAIRED AND SPEECH-IMPAIRED INDIVIDUALS"
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citation: "40 U.S.C. § 18104"
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# 40 U.S.C. § 18104 - TTY installation by Congress

## Text

Each House of Congress shall establish a policy under which Members of the House of Representatives and the Senate may obtain TTY’s for use in communicating with hearing-impaired and speech-impaired individuals, and for the use of hearing-impaired and speech-impaired employees.

(Pub. L. 107–217, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1291.)

## Notes

Historical and Revision Notes RevisedSectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 1810440:762d.Pub. L. 100–542, § 6, Oct. 28, 1988, 102 Stat. 2722. The words “As soon as practicable” and “as the case may be” are omitted as unnecessary.