[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1688 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 1688

       To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to limit types of 
 communications made by candidates that receive the lowest unit charge.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           February 26, 1998

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

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                                 A BILL


 
       To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to limit types of 
 communications made by candidates that receive the lowest unit charge.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. BROADCAST MEDIA RATES.

    Section 315(b) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 315(b)) 
is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ``if the communication 
        or advertisement is 1 minute or longer and contains a clearly 
        identifiable photographic or similar image of the candidate 
        during at least 75 percent of the broadcast time'' after ``for 
        the same period''; and
            (2) in paragraph (2), by inserting ``and for communications 
        other than those described in paragraph (1)'' after ``at any 
        other time''.
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