Ethnic and Minority Affairs Broadcasting Act of 1985 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to require the Federal Communications Commission to establish the Ethnic and Minority Affairs Office.
Directs the Office to: (1) carry out an educational program that promotes educational ethnic and minority programming and encourages the positive portrayal of ethnic groups in radio and television broadcast programming; (2) receive complaints regarding programming which unfairly depicts ethnic groups; (3) collect and disseminate information about the portrayal of ethnic groups in programming; (4) conduct an annual conference to draw public attention to such portrayal; (5) submit to the Congress an annual report on its activities; and (6) provide information on the portrayal of ethnic groups to the Commission for possible consideration in the review of broadcast license applicants.
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce.
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