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S 967 109th Congress Senate Science, Technology, Communications Broadcast journalism Cable television Government Operations and Politics Government and the press Government publicity Identification devices

Truth in Broadcasting Act of 2005

Introduced: April 28, 2005 See on congress.gov
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Dec 20, 2005
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 352.
Dec 20, 2005
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Stevens with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 109-210.
Oct 20, 2005
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
May 12, 2005
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 109-1091.
Apr 28, 2005
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Apr 28, 2005
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Prepackaged News Story Announcement Act of 2005 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to require that any prepackaged news story produced by or on behalf of a federal agency and intended for broadcast over the air or distribution by a multichannel video programming distributor within the United States contain a clear notification that it was prepared or funded by the "United States Government."

What's happening now December 20, 2005

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 352.

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Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · Jan 30, 2006
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 967: Prepackaged News Story Announcement Act of 2005. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-S-967/
MLA
"S. 967: Prepackaged News Story Announcement Act of 2005." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-S-967/.
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S. 967, 109th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/109-S-967/.
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