S 1780
110th Congress
Senate
Science, Technology, Communications
Administrative procedure
Families
Federal Communications Commission
Government Operations and Politics
Independent regulatory commissions
Law
Television and children
Television programs
Protecting Children from Indecent Programming Act
Introduced: July 12, 2007
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Everywhere this bill has been
5 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Dec 5, 2007
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 521.
Dec 5, 2007
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Inouye without amendment. With written report No. 110-236.
Jul 19, 2007
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Jul 12, 2007
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Jul 12, 2007
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Protecting Children from Indecent Programming Act - Amends the Public Telecommunications Act of 1992 to require the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), in applying regulations prohibiting the broadcasting of indecent programming, to maintain a policy that a single word or image may constitute indecent programming.
What's happening now
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 521.
Committees of jurisdiction
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