TELEVISION see also News Media; Public Broadcasting; Telecommunications

Bills and resolutions

Courts: provide for media coverage of Federal court proceedings (see S. 405), S1011 [28FE] (see H.R. 917), H815 [28FE]

Dept. of Defense: provide for proper reimbursement for assistance provided to nongovernmental entertainment-oriented media producers (see S. 1669), S7927 [7NO]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: improve opportunity for veterans to use video conferencing for hearings before the Board of Veterans’ Appeals (see H.R. 2119), H2911 [22MY]

Depts. of the Interior and Agriculture: require annual permits and assess annual fees for commercial filming activities on Federal lands (see H.R. 2798), H4978 [23JY]

Disabled: improve accessibility of entertainment programming provided by air carriers on passenger flights by making captioning and video description available for visually-displayed entertainment programming (see S. 556), S1785 [13MR]

Disasters: provide eligibility for public broadcasting facilities to receive certain disaster assistance (see H.R. 2647), H4369 [10JY]

Education: award grants to prepare individuals for the 21st century workplace and increase global competitiveness (see H.R. 2653), H4482 [11JY]

EPA: prohibit certain exports of electronic waste (see H.R. 2791), H4978 [23JY]

FCC: allow multichannel video programming distributors to provide subscribers a la carte video programming, penalize broadcasters for downgrading services, and eliminate sports blackout rule (see S. 912), S3326 [9MY]

——— increase consumer choice and competition in the online video programming distribution marketplace (see S. 1680), S7951 [12NO]

——— prevent television blackouts, ensure consumer choice in cable programming, facilitate retransmission consent negotiations between cable and content providers, and study sports programming costs (see H.R. 3719), H8107 [12DE]

——— prohibit from adopting certain rules or policies relating to multichannel video programming distributors (see H.R. 3196), H5883 [26SE]

——— repeal certain television carriage, retransmission, and ownership regulations (see H.R. 3720), H8107 [12DE]

——— require radio and television broadcasters to provide free broadcasting time for political advertising (see H.R. 128), H31 [3JA]

FTC: establish the Office for the Prevention of Fraud Targeting Seniors (see S. 1358), S5907 [24JY] (see H.R. 1953), H2574 [13MY]

Government regulations: establish signal quality and content requirements for the carriage of public, educational, and governmental channels and preserve support for such channels (see S. 1789), S8601 [10DE]

Law enforcement officers: encourage, enhance, and integrate Blue Alert plans throughout U.S. to disseminate information when an officer is seriously injured or killed in the line of duty (see S. 357), S773 [14FE] (see H.R. 180), H51 [4JA]

National Academy of Sciences: study impact of violent video games and violent video programming on children (see S. 134), S284 [24JA]

News media: maintain free flow of information to the public by providing conditions for the federally compelled disclosure of information by persons connected with the news media (see S. 987), S3569 [16MY] (see H.R. 1962), H2602 [14MY]

Privacy: notify consumers before a video service collects visual or auditory information from the viewing area and provide consumers with choices that do not collect such information (see H.R. 2356), H3590 [13JN]

Sports: decrease the frequency of sports blackouts and require the application of the antitrust laws to Major League Baseball (see S. 1721), S8100 [18NO] (see H.R. 3452), H6997 [12NO]

Supreme Court: permit televising of proceedings (see S. 1207), S4793 [20JN] (see H.R. 96), H30 [3JA]

Taxation: extend the election to treat the cost of qualified film and television productions as an expense which is not chargeable to a capital account (see H.R. 3242), H6223 [3OC]

Wireless microphones: expand eligibility for FCC part 74 licenses to certain users, establish safe haven channels, and authorize access by owners and operators to TV bands databases to protect from interference (see H.R. 2911), H5341 [1AU]

Biographies

Jackson, Don, H2307 [25AP]

Letters

National Blue Alert Act: Senator Coburn, S4054 [10JN]

Lists

Quotes from ‘‘Duck Dynasty’’ (television show), S6773 [24SE]

Remarks in House

ABC, Inc.: tribute to ABC Family television drama ‘‘The Fosters’’, E959 [25JN]

Armstrong Cable Co.: anniversary, E498 [18AP]

Disasters: provide eligibility for public broadcasting facilities to receive certain disaster assistance (H.R. 2647), H5598 [18SE]

Firearms: role of mental health and exposure to violent media in mass shootings, H636 [26FE], H811–H813 [28FE]

Hurricanes: implement emergency preparedness plans, E847 [12JN]

India: address actions that infringe upon U.S. intellectual property rights, H7492 [4DE]

Indianola, IA: Connected Nation, Inc., Connected certification recipient, E163 [15FE]

KCPQ–TV (Seattle, WA): tribute to ‘‘Washington’s Most Wanted’’ program for role in capture of fugitives in Washington (State) and Oregon, E427 [11AP]

KSBW–TV (Salinas, CA): anniversary, H5516 [12SE]

Mason, Eileen: Larchmont-Mamaroneck Community Television, Inc. (LMC–TV) Special Recognition Award recipient, E1910 [23DE]

National Court Reporting and Captioning Week: observance, E143 [14FE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: advertising campaign to promote benefits, H3669 [17JN]

PBS: tribute to ‘‘In Performance at the White House—Memphis Soul’’ television program, H1839 [9AP], H1921 [11AP], H2075 [17AP]

Public broadcasting: funding, H4983 [24JY]

Republican Party: characterization by news media relative to role in Government shutdown, H6241 [4OC]

Sports: decrease the frequency of sports blackouts and require the application of the antitrust laws to Major League Baseball (H.R. 3452), H7062 [14NO]

UNC–TV (Chapel Hill, NC): Corp. for Public Broadcasting American Graduate Champion award recipient, E1750 [21NO]

WQPT–TV (Moline, IL): anniversary, E1662 [14NO]

Remarks in Senate

Courts: provide for media coverage of Federal court proceedings (S. 405), S1014 [28FE]

——— increase consumer choice and competition in the online video programming distribution marketplace (S. 1680), S7953 [12NO]

Hinostroza, Janet: Committee To Protect Journalists International Award for Freedom of the Press recipient, S7533 [16OC]

KELO–TV (Sioux Falls, SD): anniversary, S3529 [15MY], S3567 [16MY]

National Academy of Sciences: study impact of violent video games and violent video programming on children (S. 134), S287 [24JA]

Reports filed

Free Flow of Information Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 987) (S. Rept. 113–118), S7876 [6NO]

National Blue Alert Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 180) (H. Rept. 113–54), H2601 [14MY]

——— Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 357), S6646 [19SE]

Violent Content Research Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 134) (S. Rept. 113–126), S8912 [17DE]

Texts of

H.R. 180, National Blue Alert Act, H2579 [14MY]

S. 134, Violent Content Research Act, S288 [24JA]

S. 405, Sunshine in the Courtroom Act, S1014 [28FE]

S. 556, improve accessibility of entertainment programming provided by air carriers on passenger flights by making captioning and video description available for visually-displayed entertainment programming, S1792 [13MR]

S. 1207, Cameras in the Courtroom Act, S4795 [20JN]

S. 1680, Consumer Choice in Online Video Act, S7954–S7961 [12NO]