3.0.0 2147 2023-01-15T10:47:54Z 2023-01-15T10:47:54Z Senate S S 2004-03-01 108 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2004-03-01T17:18:25Z 2004-03-01 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. IntroReferral 2004-03-01 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M001141 Sen. Miller, Zell [D-GA] ZELL MILLER D GA N Science, Technology, Communications Church and social problems Clergy Crime and Law Enforcement Economics and Public Finance Education Elementary and secondary education Entertainers Executive reorganization Federal Communications Commission Federal advisory bodies Fines (Penalties) Government Operations and Politics Grants-in-aid Independent regulatory commissions Law Pornography Radio broadcasting Radio stations Religion Standards Teachers Television broadcasting Television stations Science, Technology, Communications 00 2004-03-01 Introduced in Senate 2004-03-22T19:18:01Z Broadcast Decency Responsibility and Enforcement Act of 2004 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to provide that, if the violator of the terms and conditions of any Federal Communications Commission (FCC) license, permit, or certificate is a broadcast station licensee or permittee, an applicant for a broadcast license, permit, or certificate, or any other company or individual determined by the FCC to have participated in broadcasting obscene, indecent, or profane language, the amount of forfeiture penalty shall be 25 cents times the number of individuals who witnessed or heard the broadcast, as determined by a viewership rating service selected by the FCC. Requires amounts so collected to be used: (1) first, to fund enforcement costs; and (2) to make grants to faith-based programs selected by the Faith Based Initiative Office of the White House.

Directs the FCC to establish a Council of Decency to advise the FCC on standards of decency as applied to broadcasts over which the FCC has jurisdiction.

]]> Broadcast Decency Responsibility and Enforcement Act of 2004 Display Title Broadcast Decency Responsibility and Enforcement Act of 2004 Official Title as Introduced A bill to increase the penalties for violations by television and radio broadcasters of the prohibitions against transmission of obscene, indecent, and profane language. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Broadcast Decency Responsibility and Enforcement Act of 2004 Introduced in Senate 2004-03-01T05:00:00Z 2004-03-01 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.