TELEVISION see also News Media; Public Broadcasting; Telecommunications

Articles and editorials

‘Div’ Departs, S3674 [3JN]

Bills and resolutions

Charren, Peggy: tribute (see S. Res. 61), S698 [2FE]

Courts: provide for media coverage of Federal appellate court proceedings (see H.R. 3723), H6935 [8OC]

——— provide for media coverage of Federal court proceedings (see S. 783), S1629 [18MR] (see H.R. 917), H1033 [12FE]

Cuba: discontinue Radio Marti and Television Marti broadcasts (see H.R. 570), H639 [27JA]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: improve opportunity for veterans to use video conferencing for hearings before the Board of Veterans’ Appeals (see H.R. 732), H811 [4FE]

Depts. of the Interior and Agriculture: require annual permits and assess annual fees for commercial filming activities on Federal lands (see H.R. 2401), H3309 [18MY]

Education: award grants to prepare individuals for the 21st century workplace and increase global competitiveness (see H.R. 966), H1067 [13FE]

FCC: commence proceedings relative to resiliency of critical telecommunications networks during times of emergency (see H.R. 3998), H8239 [16NO]

——— deny retransmission consent to a television station if a radio station of the same licensee transmits a recording without providing compensation and prohibit imposition of radio tuner mandates for mobile devices (see H.R. 1999), H2463 [23AP]

——— exempt application of joint sales agreement (JSA) attribution rule in case of existing agreements in order to protect local television broadcasting (see S. 1182), S2599 [4MY] (see H.R. 3148), H5330 [21JY]

——— provide for greater access to in-State television broadcast programming for cable and satellite subscribers in certain counties (see H.R. 3496), H5974 [11SE]

——— require material in the online public inspection file of a covered entity, including political ad buying information, to be made available in a format that is machine-readable (see H.R. 4179), H9011 [3DE]

——— revise sponsorship identification rules to require disclosure of significant donors to persons paying for broadcasts of political matters or matters involving issues of public importance (see S. 1260), S2730 [7MY] (see H.R. 2125), H2767 [30AP]

FEMA: provide eligibility for public broadcasting facilities to receive certain disaster assistance (see S. 1090), S2431 [27AP] (see H.R. 1546), H1848 [23MR]

FTC: establish Office for the Prevention of Fraud Targeting Seniors (see S. 1490), S3678 [3JN] (see H.R. 2633), H3877 [3JN]

Information technology: apply first sale doctrine to any computer program that enables a machine or other product to operate (see H.R. 862), H980 [11FE]

Law enforcement officers: encourage, enhance, and integrate Blue Alert plans to disseminate information when an officer is seriously injured, killed, missing, or threatened in connection with official duties (see S. 665), S1303 [4MR] (see H.R. 1269), H1610 [4MR]

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. 1164), H1499 [27FE]

Sports: decrease the frequency of sports blackouts (see S. 2414), S8793 [17DE]

Supreme Court: permit televising of proceedings (see S. 780), S1628 [18MR] (see H.R. 94), H39 [6JA]

Taxation: extend special expensing rules for certain film and television productions and provide for special expensing for live theatrical productions (see H.R. 2405), H3386 [19MY]

——— modify and extend special expensing rules for certain film and television productions (see H.R. 2562), H3561 [21MY]

Telecommunications: establish the U.S. International Communications Agency and Freedom News Network and clarify duties and responsibilities of VOA (see H.R. 2323), H3211 [14MY]

Veterans: improve ability of health care professionals to treat veterans through the use of telemedicine (see S. 2170), S7272 [8OC]

Voice of America: prohibit funding (see H.R. 3031), H5088 [10JY]

Letters

Characterization of Donald Trump’s remarks relative to immigration and appropriateness of hosting Saturday Night Live (television show): Representative Gutierrez, H7035 [21OC]

Remarks in House

Broadcasting: importance of local television and radio broadcasters, H1150–H1154 [25FE], E250 [25FE], E272 [27FE], E302 [4MR], E426 [26MR]

Dept. of Justice: prohibit funding to compel a journalist or reporter to testify about information or sources regarded as confidential, H3747, H3748 [2JN]

FEMA: provide eligibility for public broadcasting facilities to receive certain disaster assistance (S. 1090), H9337 [16DE]

Harrison, Donald F.: ‘‘LIVE With Kelly and Michael’’ (television show) America’s Top Teacher award recipient, E1320 [18SE]

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, H631 [27JA]

——— encourage, enhance, and integrate Blue Alert plans to disseminate information when an officer is seriously injured, killed, missing, or threatened in connection with official duties (S. 665), H2840–H2846 [12MY]

Trump, Donald: characterization of remarks relative to immigration and appropriateness of hosting Saturday Night Live (television show), H7035 [21OC], H7747 [5NO]

Turkey: express concern about threats to freedom of the press and expression, condemn actions of suppression, harassment, and threats to journalists, and promote free flow of information, E136 [30JA]

Twin Cities Public Television (organization): tribute to ‘‘Believe in Black Youth’’ programming, E1469 [9OC]

WDBJ–TV (Roanoke, VA): shooting of Alison Parker, Adam Ward, and Vicki Gardner during live television broadcast, E1244 [9SE]

WNJU–TV (Linden, NJ): anniversary of Telemundo 47, E1117 [23JY]

WPSU–TV (University Park, PA): anniversary, H1857 [24MR]

WSEC–TV (Springfield, IL): anniversary, E82 [20JA]

‘‘Zip Code—Your Neighborhood, Your Health’’ documentary: Telly Awards Bronze recipient, E1011 [7JY]

Remarks in Senate

Courts: provide for media coverage of Federal court proceedings (S. 783), S1631 [18MR]

FEMA: provide eligibility for public broadcasting facilities to receive certain disaster assistance (S. 1090), S6819 [17SE]

Law enforcement officers: encourage, enhance, and integrate Blue Alert plans to disseminate information when an officer is seriously injured, killed, missing, or threatened in connection with official duties (S. 665), S1307 [4MR], S2587–S2589 [30AP], S2820 [13MY], S2927 [14MY]

Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.: lack of media coverage relative to video of official discussing the practice of harvesting of fetal organs after abortions for medical research, S6523 [9SE], S6692 [16SE]

Turkey: express concern about threats to freedom of the press and expression, condemn actions of suppression, harassment, and threats to journalists, and promote free flow of information, S1525 [16MR]

WDBJ–TV (Roanoke, VA): shooting of Alison Parker, Adam Ward, and Vicki Gardner during live television broadcast, S6452 [8SE], S6544 [10SE]

Reports filed

Emergency Information Improvement Act: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (S. 1090) (S. Rept. 114–142), S6651 [15SE]

National Blue Alert Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 665), S2040 [26MR]

Texts of

H.R. 1090, Emergency Information Improvement Act, S6819 [17SE]

S. 665, National Blue Alert Act, S2588 [30AP], H2840 [12MY]

S. 780, Cameras in the Courtroom Act, S1631 [18MR]

S. 783, Sunshine in the Courtroom Act, S1631 [18MR]

S. 1090, Emergency Information Improvement Act, H9337 [16DE]

S. Res. 61, tribute Peggy Charren, S702 [2FE]