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HR 1005 107th Congress House

Children's Protection from Violent Programming Act

Official title: To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to require that violent video programming is limited to broadcast after the hours when children are reasonably likely t… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to require that violent video programming is limited to broadcast after the hours when children are reasonably likely to comprise a substantial portion of the audience, unless it is specifically rated on the basis of its violent content so that it is blockable by electronic means specifically on the basis of that content.

Introduced: March 13, 2001 See on congress.gov
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Mar 20, 2001
Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.
Mar 13, 2001
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Mar 13, 2001
Introduced in House
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 Latest action March 20, 2001

Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Children's Protection From Violent Programming Act - Directs the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to assess the effectiveness of measures to require television broadcasters and multichannel video programming distributors to rate and encode programming that could be blocked by parents by use of a V-chip. Authorizes the FCC, if it finds such measures ineffective, to prohibit the distribution of violent video programming during hours when children are reasonably likely to comprise a substantial portion of the audience.

Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to make it unlawful for any person to distribute to the public any violent video programming not blockable by electronic means specifically on the basis of its violent content. Provides for exemptions for: (1) programming (including news programs and sporting events) the distribution of which does not conflict with the objective of protecting children from the negative influences of violent video programming; and (2) premium and pay-per-view direct-to-home satellite programming.

Directs the FCC to impose a forfeiture penalty for violations and to revoke a broadcasting or distribution license of a repeat violator.

Requires the FCC to study and report to specified committees on the marketing to children of violent content by the motion picture, music recording, and computer and video game industries.

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 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Republican 1
LUCAS, KEN
· Mar 13, 2001
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Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Mar 13, 2001
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1005: Children's Protection from Violent Programming Act. 107th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-1005/
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