[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9067 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9067

    To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to provide for a gender 
   identity content descriptor for video programming, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 29, 2026

Mr. Moore of Alabama introduced the following bill; which was referred 
                to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to provide for a gender 
   identity content descriptor for video programming, and for other 
                               purposes.

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

SECTION 1. GENDER IDENTITY CONTENT DESCRIPTOR FOR VIDEO PROGRAMMING.

    Title VII of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) 
is amended by adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 723. GENDER IDENTITY CONTENT DESCRIPTOR FOR VIDEO PROGRAMMING.

    ``(a) In General.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the 
enactment of this section, the Commission shall--
            ``(1) determine if the conditions of subsection (b) have 
        been met; and
            ``(2) if the Commission determines under paragraph (1) that 
        such conditions have not been met, promulgate regulations 
        that--
                    ``(A) establish a content descriptor for video 
                programming that depicts, discusses, or promotes gender 
                identity, gender transition, transgender identity, or 
                non-binary identity; and
                    ``(B) require distributors of video programming to 
                transmit the content descriptor described in 
                subparagraph (A)--
                            ``(i) with any video programming that--
                                    ``(I) contains the content 
                                described in such subparagraph; and
                                    ``(II) is marketed to children 
                                (such as programming that is rated TV-
                                Y, TV-Y7, or TV-G under the TV Parental 
                                Guidelines); and
                            ``(ii) in a manner that, to the maximum 
                        extent technically feasible, can be used with 
                        the feature described in section 303(x) 
                        (commonly known as the `V-chip') and other 
                        parental-control technologies.
    ``(b) Voluntary Compliance.--The conditions of this subsection are 
the following:
            ``(1) The TV Parental Guidelines have been revised so as to 
        include a content descriptor for video programming that 
        depicts, discusses, or promotes gender identity, gender 
        transition, transgender identity, or non-binary identity.
            ``(2) The content descriptor described in paragraph (1) is 
        being consistently transmitted with the rating under the TV 
        Parental Guidelines for video programming that--
                    ``(A) contains content described in such paragraph; 
                and
                    ``(B) is rated TV-Y, TV-Y7, or TV-G under the TV 
                Parental Guidelines or is otherwise marketed to 
                children.
    ``(c) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section may be 
construed to ban or censor any video programming.
    ``(d) TV Parental Guidelines Defined.--In this section, the term 
`TV Parental Guidelines' means the voluntary ratings (or any successor 
to such ratings) for video programming maintained by the TV Parental 
Guidelines Monitoring Board (or any successor to such Board).''.
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