40 USC § 18104 - TTY installation by Congress

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title: "40 USC § 18104 - TTY installation by Congress"
title_number: 40
title_name: "PUBLIC BUILDINGS, PROPERTY, AND WORKS"
section_number: "18104"
section_name: "TTY installation by Congress"
chapter_number: 181
chapter_name: "TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACCESSIBILITY FOR HEARING-IMPAIRED AND SPEECH-IMPAIRED INDIVIDUALS"
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last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 107–217, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1291.)"
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# § 18104. TTY installation by Congress

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.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 107–217, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1291.)

| RevisedSection | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 18104 | 40:762d. | 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.