3.0.0 1372 2023-01-13T04:50:26Z 2023-01-13T04:50:26Z Senate S S 2005-07-01 109 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Standing Hearings by 2005-07-27T18:35:38Z Referred to 2005-07-01T16:47:06Z 2005-07-27 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 109-1127. Committee 2005-07-01 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. IntroReferral 2005-07-01 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7912-7913) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2005-07-01 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B001126 Sen. Burns, Conrad R. [R-MT] CONRAD BURNS R MT R. N S000663 Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME] Olympia Snowe R ME J. 2005-07-01 True M001162 Sen. Martinez, Mel [R-FL] Mel Martinez R FL 2005-07-01 True A000121 Sen. Allen, George [R-VA] GEORGE ALLEN R VA F. 2005-07-01 True Science, Technology, Communications Associations, institutions, etc. Commerce Congress Congressional reporting requirements Demography Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Grievance procedures Information services Law Licenses Standards Statistics Telecommunication rates Television advertising Television industry Television programs Television viewers Science, Technology, Communications 00 2005-07-01 Introduced in Senate 2005-09-09T19:48:52Z Fairness, Accuracy, Inclusivity, and Responsiveness in Ratings Act of 2005 or FAIR Ratings Act - Prohibits a person from selling, offering to sell, or otherwise providing data from a television ratings measurement system (system) that produces data to be used commercially as currency ratings unless that system is accredited by the Media Ratings Council. Requires such Council to: (1) accredit such systems on the basis of audits; and (2) preapprove any change made to a current system. Provides accreditation standards.

Requires any dispute between an operator of a system and the Council to be resolved through dispute resolution procedures.

]]> FAIR Ratings Act Display Title FAIR Ratings Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide for the accuracy of television ratings services, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced FAIR Ratings Act Short Titles as Introduced Fairness, Accuracy, Inclusivity, and Responsiveness in Ratings Act of 2005 Introduced in Senate 2005-07-01T04:00:00Z 2005-07-27 Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 109-1127. 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.