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HR 3288 100th Congress House Government Operations and Politics Advertising and Marketing Children and youth Communications and Broadcasting Federal Communications Commission Standards Television Television advertising Television and children Television programs

Children's Television Advertising Practices Act of 1987

Introduced: September 16, 1987 See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 5 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 17, 1988
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Sep 29, 1987
Hearings Held in Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Finance Prior to Introduction and Referral (Sept 15, 87).
Sep 29, 1987
Referred to Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Finance.
Sep 16, 1987
Referred to House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Sep 16, 1987
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Children's Television Advertising Practices Act of 1987 - Requires the Federal Communications Commission to prescribe standards for commercial television broadcast licensees with respect to advertising in programs for children.

Requires the standards to: (1) limit the duration of advertising to a specified number of minutes per hour; (2) assure adequate separation between program content and commercial messages; and (3) eliminate the use of program characters to promote products.

What's happening now March 17, 1988

Subcommittee Hearings Held.

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