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S 721 106th Congress Senate Law Appellate courts Arts, Culture, Religion Civil procedure Court reporting Crime and Law Enforcement Crime and the press Criminal procedure District courts Government Operations and Politics Judges Photography Radio broadcasting Science, Technology, Communications Sound recording and reproducing Supreme Court Television broadcasting Video tapes in courtroom proceedings Witnesses

A bill to allow media coverage of court proceedings.

Introduced: March 25, 1999 Introduced by: Grassley, Chuck Republican · Iowa See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 6, 2000
Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight and the Courts. Hearings held.
Mar 25, 1999
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Mar 25, 1999
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3448-3449)
Mar 25, 1999
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Authorizes the presiding judge of a U.S. appellate court or U.S. district court to permit the photographing, electronic recording, broadcasting, or televising to the public of court proceedings over which that judge presides.

Directs: (1) a district court, upon the request of any witness in a trial proceeding other than a party, to order the face and voice of the witness to be disguised or otherwise obscured to render the witness unrecognizable to the broadcast audience of the trial proceeding; and (2) the presiding judge in a trial proceeding to inform each witness who is not a party of his or her right to make such request.

Authorizes the Judicial Conference of the United States to promulgate advisory guidelines to which a presiding judge may refer in making decisions regarding the management and administration of photographing, recording, broadcasting, or televising described in this Act.

What's happening now September 6, 2000

Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight and the Courts. Hearings held.

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