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SJRES 214 101th Congress Senate Government Operations and Politics Pornography Television programs

A joint resolution to express the sense of the Congress regarding the removal of offensive sexual material from television broadcasting.

Introduced: October 6, 1989 See on congress.gov
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It never became law before the 101st Congress (1989–1990) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
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Oct 6, 1989
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce.
Oct 6, 1989
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Expresses the sense of the Congress that the television networks and producers should increase their activity to monitor and remove offensive sexual material from their television broadcast programming.

What's happening now October 6, 1989

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Republican 2
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Grassley, Chuck
Iowa · Nov 20, 1989
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McConnell, Mitch
Kentucky · Oct 27, 1989
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S.J. Res. 214: A joint resolution to express the sense of the Congress regarding the removal of offensive sexual material from television broadcasting.. 101st Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/101-SJRES-214/
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"S.J. Res. 214: A joint resolution to express the sense of the Congress regarding the removal of offensive sexual material from television broadcasting.." 101st Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/101-SJRES-214/.
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S.J. Res. 214, 101st Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/101-SJRES-214/.
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[S.J. Res. 214: A joint resolution to express the sense of the Congress regarding the removal of offensive sexual material from television broadcasting.](https://openamerica.io/bill/101-SJRES-214/)
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