[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1116 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1116

     The Broadcast and Cable Voluntary Standards and Practices Act.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

               August 3 (legislative day, July 10), 1995

   Mr. Exon introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
   referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

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                                 A BILL


 
     The Broadcast and Cable Voluntary Standards and Practices Act.
    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. AUTHORIZATION FOR VOLUNTARY EFFORTS.

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, broadcasters, cable 
operators, and program producers are authorized to jointly establish 
voluntary family and children's viewing hours, a voluntary code of 
standards and practices related to indecent, sexual, or violent program 
content, voluntary measures to inform viewers of compliance with such 
code, a voluntary system for rating and encoding programming, and 
voluntary schedule restrictions for advertising and programming 
unsuitable for children.

SEC. 2. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION OVERSIGHT.

    The authority described in section 1 of this Act may be limited or 
revoked by the Federal Communications Commission when in the public 
interest.
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