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HRES 484 104th Congress House Government Operations and Politics Commerce Families Science, Technology, Communications Television and children Television broadcasting Television industry Television programs Television viewers Violence in television

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the major television networks should revive their traditional "Family Hour" and voluntarily reserve the first hour of prime-time broadcasting for family-oriented programming.

Introduced: July 18, 1996 See on congress.gov
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Jul 26, 1996
Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Finance.
Jul 18, 1996
Referred to the House Committee on Commerce.
Jul 18, 1996
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Urges the national broadcast television networks to renew their commitment to voluntarily reserving the first hour of prime-time broadcasting for programming suitable for American family members of all ages.

What's happening now July 26, 1996

Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Finance.

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