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The article presents the legislative imperatives imposed by the organization the American Council for the Blind (ACB) for 2015. The legislative measures created for the ACB include the Medicare Demonstration of Coverage for Low Vision Devices Act of 2015, the Marrakesh Treaty for the Blind, and the Alice Cogswell and Anne Sullivan Macy Act. Moreover, it cites the successful midyear meeting series concluded by the ACB.

The article discusses the legislation authored by U.S. Representative Edward J. Markey. It notes that the legislation aims to provide visually impaired people the access to information about their prescription medications. In addition, it convenes a working group of pharmacy representatives, patient and consumer advocates to develop guidelines for pharmacists to address the needs of the blinds while taking into accounts the challenges faced by smaller pharmacies.

The article offers news brief related to legislative bills of U.S. on topics including omnibus bills scheduled to be passed by the House and Senate, a legislation passed by the House Appropriations committee to fund vision research and bills for funding of Veterans Association's (VA) budget for fiscal year 2017.

The article reports on the passage of the Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act and its technical corrections bill by the U.S. House of Representatives. According to Eric Bridges of the American Council of the Blind (ACB), ACB acknowledges the advocacy of Representative Ed Markey and Senator Mark Pryor through this difficult process. Bridges also mentions that the bill will be signed by President Barack Obama to become a public law.

The article informs about the approval of H.R. 3101, the Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act, which was passed by the U.S. House of Representatives. The American Council of the Blind (ACB) expressed gratitude to advocate representative Ed Markey, Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, Henry Waxman and the ranking member of the Energy and Commerce Committee, Joe Barton.

The article offers news brief related to legislative agendas of American Council of the Blind (ACB) for the month of May and June, 2010. The U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce and U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and transportation have incorporated provisions aimed to improve safety of motor vehicles in the U.S. It also states that the Equal Access to 21st Century Communications Act, will be approved shortly by the Senate Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.

The article focuses on the significance of the passage of the Pedestrian Safety Enhancement Act of 2010 in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives. The passage of the act depicts a victory for both consumer organizations of blind people that exerted effort for the legislation. It is noted that the bill is waiting to be signed by the president in the White House.