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HCONRES 251 102th Congress House

Expressing the sense of the Congress that the Fox Broadcasting Company be commended for accepting paid advertising promoting the use of condoms as a method for preventing the spread of Acquired…

Official title: Expressing the sense of the Congress that the Fox Broadcasting Company be commended for accepting paid advertising promoting the use of condoms as a method for… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: Expressing the sense of the Congress that the Fox Broadcasting Company be commended for accepting paid advertising promoting the use of condoms as a method for preventing the spread of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS), that all other commercial broadcast networks should follow the example of the Fox Broadcasting Company, and that the Secretary of Health and Human Services should prepare, and encourage the preparation of, public service announcements promoting the use of condoms as a method for preventing the spread of AIDS.

Introduced: November 26, 1991 See on congress.gov
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Jan 15, 1992
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.
Nov 26, 1991
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Nov 26, 1991
Introduced in House
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 Latest action January 15, 1992

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Declares that the Fox Broadcasting Company should be commended for accepting paid advertising promoting the use of condoms as a method for preventing the spread of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS).

Urges the Secretary of Health and Human Services to prepare and encourage other persons to prepare television broadcast public service announcements to educate the people of the United States about AIDS and ways to prevent infection by the virus that causes it, including prevention through the use of condoms.

States that all U.S. commercial television networks and television stations should accept for broadcast during selected adult programming: (1) public service announcements about AIDS and ways to prevent infection by the virus that causes it (including prevention through the use of condoms); and (2) commercial advertisements concerning the use of condoms to prevent infection by the virus that causes AIDS.

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Mfume, Kweisi
Maryland · Nov 26, 1991
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Con. Res. 251: Expressing the sense of the Congress that the Fox Broadcasting Company be commended for accepting paid advertising promoting the use of condoms as a method for preventing the spread of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS), that all other commercial broadcast networks should follow the example of the Fox Broadcasting Company, and that the Secretary of Health and Human Services should prepare, and encourage the preparation of, public service announcements promoting the use of condoms as a method for preventing the spread of AIDS.. 102nd Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/102-HCONRES-251/
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"H. Con. Res. 251: Expressing the sense of the Congress that the Fox Broadcasting Company be commended for accepting paid advertising promoting the use of condoms as a method for preventing the spread of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS), that all other commercial broadcast networks should follow the example of the Fox Broadcasting Company, and that the Secretary of Health and Human Services should prepare, and encourage the preparation of, public service announcements promoting the use of condoms as a method for preventing the spread of AIDS.." 102nd Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/102-HCONRES-251/.
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H. Con. Res. 251, 102nd Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/102-HCONRES-251/.
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[H. Con. Res. 251: Expressing the sense of the Congress that the Fox Broadcasting Company be commended for accepting paid advertising promoting the use of condoms as a method for preventing the spread of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS), that all other commercial broadcast networks should follow the example of the Fox Broadcasting Company, and that the Secretary of Health and Human Services should prepare, and encourage the preparation of, public service announcements promoting the use of condoms as a method for preventing the spread of AIDS.](https://openamerica.io/bill/102-HCONRES-251/)
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