3.0.0 967 2023-01-13T04:49:16Z 2023-01-13T04:49:16Z Senate S S 2005-04-28 109 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Standing Reported by 2005-12-20T16:29:12Z Markup by 2005-10-20T20:19:33Z Hearings by 2005-05-12T15:05:46Z Referred to 2005-04-29T00:26:52Z S. Rept. 109-210 2005-12-20 Senate Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 352. Calendars 2005-12-20 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Stevens with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 109-210. Committee 2005-12-20 Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Stevens with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 109-210. Committee 14000 9 Library of Congress sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee 2005-10-20 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably. Committee 2005-05-12 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 109-1091. Committee 2005-04-28 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. IntroReferral 2005-04-28 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress L000123 Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] FRANK LAUTENBERG D NJ R. N K000148 Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] JOHN KERRY D MA FORBES 2005-04-28 True C001041 Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY] HILLARY CLINTON D NY R 2005-04-28 True K000105 Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] EDWARD KENNEDY D MA MOORE 2005-04-28 True D000432 Sen. Dorgan, Byron L. [D-ND] BYRON DORGAN D ND LESLIE 2005-04-28 True B000711 Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] BARBARA BOXER D CA 2005-04-28 True D000596 Sen. Dayton, Mark [D-MN] MARK DAYTON D MN 2005-04-28 True F000061 Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI] RUSSELL FEINGOLD D WI D. 2005-05-10 False A000069 Sen. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI] DANIEL AKAKA D HI KOHIKINA 2005-05-12 False C001042 Sen. Corzine, Jon S. [D-NJ] JON CORZINE D NJ S. 2005-09-08 False D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2006-01-30 False 2005-11-02T06:00:00Z S. 967, Prepackaged News Story Announcement of Act of 2005 http://www.cbo.gov/publication/17432 <p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on October 20, 2005</p> 2005-11-02T06:00:00Z S. 967, Prepackaged News Story Announcement of Act of 2005 https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17432 Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on October 20, 2005 Science, Technology, Communications Broadcast journalism Cable television Government Operations and Politics Government and the press Government publicity Identification devices Science, Technology, Communications 00 2005-04-28 Introduced in Senate 2005-05-27T20:03:13Z Truth in Broadcasting Act of 2005 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to require that any prepackaged news story produced by or on behalf of a Federal agency that is broadcast or distributed by a network organization, broadcast licensee or permittee, or multichannel video programming distributor in the United States conspicuously identifies the U.S. Government as the story's source.

Makes it unlawful to remove such identifying announcement.

Defines "prepackaged news story" as a complete, ready-to-use audio or video news segment designed to be indistinguishable from a news segment produced by an independent news organization.

]]> 01 2005-12-20 Reported to Senate with amendment(s) 2006-02-24T15:21:53Z Prepackaged News Story Announcement Act of 2005 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to require that any prepackaged news story produced by or on behalf of a federal agency and intended for broadcast over the air or distribution by a multichannel video programming distributor within the United States contain a clear notification that it was prepared or funded by the "United States Government."

]]> Prepackaged News Story Announcement Act of 2005 Display Title Prepackaged News Story Announcement Act of 2005 Short Titles as Introduced Truth in Broadcasting Act of 2005 Short Titles as Reported to Senate Prepackaged News Story Announcement Act of 2005 S Senate Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to ensure that prepackaged news stories contain announcements that inform viewers that the information within was provided by the United States Government, and for other purposes. Reported to Senate 2005-12-20T05:00:00Z Introduced in Senate 2005-04-28T04:00:00Z 2005-12-20 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 352. 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.