Protecting Children from Indecent Programming Act

Protecting Children from Indecent Programming Act - Amends the Public Telecommunications Act of 1992 to require the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), in applying regulations prohibiting the broadcasting of indecent programming, to maintain a policy that a single word or image may constitute indecent programming.

[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3559 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3559

    To require the FCC, in enforcing its regulations concerning the 
 broadcast of indecent programming, to maintain a policy that a single 
               word or image may be considered indecent.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 18, 2007

Mr. Pickering (for himself, Mr. Pitts, Mr. Matheson, and Mr. McIntyre) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                          Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
    To require the FCC, in enforcing its regulations concerning the 
 broadcast of indecent programming, to maintain a policy that a single 
               word or image may be considered indecent.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Protecting Children from Indecent 
Programming Act''.

SEC. 2. FCC MAY REGARD SINGLE WORD OR IMAGE AS INDECENT.

    Section 16 of the Public Telecommunications Act of 1992 (47 U.S.C. 
303 note) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following:
    ``(c) Single Word or Image Policy.--In administering the 
regulations promulgated under subsection (a), the Commission shall 
maintain a policy that a single word or image may constitute indecent 
programming.''.
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