# 116-hr-5285: Training for Realtime Writers Act of 2019

116-hr-5285, Training for Realtime Writers Act of 2019, is a 116th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Kind, Ron [D-WI-3] (D-WI); status Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 116-hr-5285
- Congress: 116
- Title: Training for Realtime Writers Act of 2019
- Status: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
- Introduced: 2019-12-03
- Sponsor: Rep. Kind, Ron [D-WI-3] (D-WI)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Training for Realtime Writers Act of 2019 This bill establishes a grant program to recruit, train, and place real-time writers for closed captioning of television programming. Specifically, the bill requires the Department of Education to award grants to court reporting programs that possess the most substantial capacity to train real-time writers for closed captioning English and Spanish video programming. Grant recipients shall use the funds to recruit, train and assist, and place real-time writers.

## Cosponsors (1)

- Rep. Davis, Rodney [R-IL-13] (R-IL), 2019-12-03T00:00:00.000Z

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## Sources
- [116-hr-5285 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/5285)

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- [116-hr-7642: Coronavirus Economic Relief for Transportation Services Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-7642)
- [116-hr-7483: Flexible Financing for Rural America Act of 2020](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-7483)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-5285 (as of 2025-11-18).