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Family and Consumer Choice Act of 2007

Introduced: June 15, 2007 See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
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Passed House
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To President
Became law
Jun 15, 2007
Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.
Jun 15, 2007
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Jun 15, 2007
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Family and Consumer Choice Act of 2007 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to require the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to adopt rules to protect children from indecent video programming carried by a multichannel video programming distributor (MVPD). Gives MVPDs the option to either: (1) in accordance with FCC indecency and profanity policies and standards, not transmit indecent or profane material in the expanded basic tier between 6 a.m. and 10 p.m. in the Eastern or Pacific time zones or between 5 a.m. and 9 p.m. in the Central or Mountain times zones; (2) scramble or block any channel that a subscriber does not wish to receive; or (3) allow a subscriber to subscribe to a family tier of programming (defined as including all channels on the expanded basic tier, except those that carry programs rated TV-14 or TV-MA during those hours). Requires MVPDs that elect to scramble or block channels to issue credit in certain circumstances to a subscriber for any channel the subscriber elects to block. Requires MVPDs that elect to provide a family tier to allow a subscriber to obtain the family tier of programming for one or more of the subscriber's reception devices while simultaneously obtaining other tiers for other of the subscriber's reception devices.

What's happening now June 15, 2007

Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.

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