HCONRES 77
110th Congress
House
International Affairs
Censorship
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Freedom of speech
Freedom of the press
Government Operations and Politics
Human rights
Latin America
Law
Licenses
Mass media
Newspapers
Periodicals
Radio broadcasting
Science, Technology, Communications
Television broadcasting
Television stations
Venezuela
Calling on the Government of Venezuela to respect a free and independent media and to avoid all acts of censorship against the media and free expression.
Introduced: March 1, 2007
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Everywhere this bill has been
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Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 1, 2007
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Mar 1, 2007
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Supports members of the media in Venezuela who are facing an assault on their rights to freedoms of the press, speech, and expression.
Expresses concern regarding the announcement of Venezuelan President Chavez not to renew the broadcasting license of Radio Caracas Television (RCTV), and calls upon the government of Venezuela to reverse the decision not to renew RCTV's license.
Urges the government of Venezuela to: (1) create an independent body to assign and renew broadcasting licenses in Venezuela; and (2) respect the rights of freedom of expression for all Venezuelans.
Calls upon the government of Venezuela to respect the rights of an independent media.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Committees of jurisdiction
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