HR 3298
109th Congress
House
Science, Technology, Communications
Associations, institutions, etc.
Commerce
Commercial arbitration
Demography
Information services
Law
Licenses
Telecommunication rates
Television advertising
Television industry
Television programs
Television viewers
Television Viewer Consumer Protection Act of 2005
Introduced: July 14, 2005
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 29, 2005
Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.
Jul 14, 2005
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Jul 14, 2005
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Television Viewer Consumer Protection Act of 2005 - Prohibits a television ratings service from selling or otherwise providing data from a television ratings measurement system that produces television ratings data to be used commercially as currency ratings unless that system has been accredited by the Media Ratings Council.
Requires any dispute between a ratings service and the Council to be resolved according to the commercial rules of the American Arbitration Association.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.
Committees of jurisdiction
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