Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 310) to increase the penalties for violations by television and…

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Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 310) to increase the penalties for violations by television and radio broadcasters of the prohibitions against transmission of obscene, indecent, and profane material, and for other purposes.

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House Introduced Feb 15, 2005
House Passed Feb 16, 2005

Sets forth the rule for consideration of the bill (H.R. 310) to increase the penalties for violations by television and radio broadcasters of the prohibitions against transmission of obscene, indecent, and profane material.

What it does: CRS summary · Passed House without amendment · Feb 16, 2005

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

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Official title: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 310) to increase the penalties for violations by television and radio broadcasters of the prohibitions against transmission of obscene, indecent, and profane material, and for other purposes.

Member	Party at vote	Seat	Position
Don Young	R	AK-AL	Yea
Jo Bonner	R	AL-1	Yea
Terry Everett	R	AL-2	Yea
Mike Rogers	R	AL-3	Yea
Robert Aderholt	R	AL-4	Yea
Bud Cramer	D	AL-5	Nay
Spencer Bachus	R	AL-6	Yea
Artur Davis	D	AL-7	Nay
Marion Berry	D	AR-1	Nay
Vic Snyder	D	AR-2	Nay
John Boozman	R	AR-3	Yea
Mike Ross	D	AR-4	Nay
Rick Renzi	R	AZ-1	Yea
Trent Franks	R	AZ-2	Yea
John Shadegg	R	AZ-3	Yea
Ed Pastor	D	AZ-4	Nay
J.D. Hayworth	R	AZ-5	Yea
Jeff Flake	R	AZ-6	Yea
Raúl Grijalva	D	AZ-7	Nay
Jim Kolbe	R	AZ-8	Yea
Mike Thompson	D	CA-1	Nay
Ellen Tauscher	D	CA-10	Nay
Richard Pombo	R	CA-11	Yea
Tom Lantos	D	CA-12	Nay
Pete Stark	D	CA-13	Nay
Anna Eshoo	D	CA-14	Not Voting
Mike Honda	D	CA-15	Nay
Zoe Lofgren	D	CA-16	Nay
Sam Farr	D	CA-17	Nay
Dennis Cardoza	D	CA-18	Nay
George Radanovich	R	CA-19	Yea
Wally Herger	R	CA-2	Yea
Jim Costa	D	CA-20	Nay
Devin Nunes	R	CA-21	Yea
Bill Thomas	R	CA-22	Yea
Lois Capps	D	CA-23	Nay
Elton Gallegly	R	CA-24	Yea
Buck McKeon	R	CA-25	Yea
David Dreier	R	CA-26	Yea
Brad Sherman	D	CA-27	Nay
Howard Berman	D	CA-28	Nay
Adam Schiff	D	CA-29	Nay
Daniel Lungren	R	CA-3	Yea
Henry Waxman	D	CA-30	Nay
Xavier Becerra	D	CA-31	Nay
Hilda Solis	D	CA-32	Nay
Diane Watson	D	CA-33	Nay
Lucille Roybal-Allard	D	CA-34	Nay
Maxine Waters	D	CA-35	Nay
Jane Harman	D	CA-36	Nay
Juanita Millender-McDonald	D	CA-37	Nay
Grace Napolitano	D	CA-38	Nay
Linda Sánchez	D	CA-39	Nay
John Doolittle	R	CA-4	Yea
Ed Royce	R	CA-40	Yea
Jerry Lewis	R	CA-41	Yea
Gary Miller	R	CA-42	Yea
Joe Baca	D	CA-43	Nay
Ken Calvert	R	CA-44	Yea
Mary Bono Mack	R	CA-45	Yea
Dana Rohrabacher	R	CA-46	Yea
Loretta Sanchez	D	CA-47	Nay
C. Cox	R	CA-48	Yea
Darrell Issa	R	CA-49	Yea
Duke Cunningham	R	CA-50	Yea
Bob Filner	D	CA-51	Nay
Duncan Hunter	R	CA-52	Yea
Susan Davis	D	CA-53	Nay
Lynn Woolsey	D	CA-6	Nay
George Miller	D	CA-7	Nay
Nancy Pelosi	D	CA-8	Nay
Barbara Lee	D	CA-9	Nay
Diana DeGette	D	CO-1	Nay
Mark Udall	D	CO-2	Nay
John Salazar	D	CO-3	Nay
Marilyn Musgrave	R	CO-4	Yea
Joel Hefley	R	CO-5	Yea
Tom Tancredo	R	CO-6	Yea
Bob Beauprez	R	CO-7	Yea
John Larson	D	CT-1	Nay
Rob Simmons	R	CT-2	Yea
Rosa DeLauro	D	CT-3	Nay
Christopher Shays	R	CT-4	Yea
Nancy Johnson	R	CT-5	Yea
Michael Castle	R	DE-AL	Yea
Jeff Miller	R	FL-1	Yea
C. Young	R	FL-10	Yea
Jim Davis	D	FL-11	Nay
Adam Putnam	R	FL-12	Yea
Katherine Harris	R	FL-13	Yea
Connie Mack	R	FL-14	Yea
Dave Weldon	R	FL-15	Yea
Mark Foley	R	FL-16	Yea
Kendrick Meek	D	FL-17	Nay
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen	R	FL-18	Yea
Robert Wexler	D	FL-19	Nay
Allen Boyd	D	FL-2	Nay
Debbie Wasserman Schultz	D	FL-20	Nay
Lincoln Diaz-Balart	R	FL-21	Yea
E. Shaw	R	FL-22	Yea
Alcee Hastings	D	FL-23	Nay
Tom Feeney	R	FL-24	Yea
Mario Diaz-Balart	R	FL-25	Yea
Corrine Brown	D	FL-3	Nay
Ander Crenshaw	R	FL-4	Yea
Ginny Brown-Waite	R	FL-5	Yea
Cliff Stearns	R	FL-6	Yea
John Mica	R	FL-7	Yea
Ric Keller	R	FL-8	Yea
Michael Bilirakis	R	FL-9	Yea
Jack Kingston	R	GA-1	Yea
Nathan Deal	R	GA-10	Yea
Phil Gingrey	R	GA-11	Yea
John Barrow	D	GA-12	Nay
David Scott	D	GA-13	Nay
Sanford Bishop	D	GA-2	Nay
Jim Marshall	D	GA-3	Nay
Cynthia McKinney	D	GA-4	Nay
John Lewis	D	GA-5	Nay
Tom Price	R	GA-6	Yea
John Linder	R	GA-7	Yea
Lynn Westmoreland	R	GA-8	Yea
Charlie Norwood	R	GA-9	Yea
Neil Abercrombie	D	HI-1	Nay
Ed Case	D	HI-2	Nay
Jim Nussle	R	IA-1	Yea
Jim Leach	R	IA-2	Yea
Leonard Boswell	D	IA-3	Nay
Tom Latham	R	IA-4	Yea
Steve King	R	IA-5	Yea
Butch Otter	R	ID-1	Yea
Mike Simpson	R	ID-2	Yea
Bobby Rush	D	IL-1	Nay
Mark Kirk	R	IL-10	Yea
Jerry Weller	R	IL-11	Yea
Jerry Costello	D	IL-12	Nay
Judy Biggert	R	IL-13	Yea
Timothy Johnson	R	IL-15	Yea
Donald Manzullo	R	IL-16	Yea
Lane Evans	D	IL-17	Nay
Ray LaHood	R	IL-18	Yea
John Shimkus	R	IL-19	Yea
Jesse Jackson	D	IL-2	Nay
Daniel Lipinski	D	IL-3	Nay
Luis Gutiérrez	D	IL-4	Nay
Rahm Emanuel	D	IL-5	Nay
Henry Hyde	R	IL-6	Yea
Danny Davis	D	IL-7	Nay
Melissa Bean	D	IL-8	Nay
Jan Schakowsky	D	IL-9	Nay
Peter Visclosky	D	IN-1	Nay
Chris Chocola	R	IN-2	Yea
Mark Souder	R	IN-3	Yea
Steve Buyer	R	IN-4	Yea
Dan Burton	R	IN-5	Yea
Mike Pence	R	IN-6	Yea
Julia Carson	D	IN-7	Nay
John Hostettler	R	IN-8	Yea
Michael Sodrel	R	IN-9	Yea
Jerry Moran	R	KS-1	Yea
Jim Ryun	R	KS-2	Yea
Dennis Moore	D	KS-3	Nay
Todd Tiahrt	R	KS-4	Yea
Ed Whitfield	R	KY-1	Yea
Ron Lewis	R	KY-2	Yea
Anne Northup	R	KY-3	Yea
Geoff Davis	R	KY-4	Yea
Hal Rogers	R	KY-5	Yea
Ben Chandler	D	KY-6	Nay
Bobby Jindal	R	LA-1	Yea
William Jefferson	D	LA-2	Nay
Charles Melancon	D	LA-3	Nay
Jim McCrery	R	LA-4	Yea
Rodney Alexander	R	LA-5	Yea
Richard Baker	R	LA-6	Yea
Charles Boustany	R	LA-7	Yea
John Olver	D	MA-1	Nay
Bill Delahunt	D	MA-10	Nay
Richard Neal	D	MA-2	Nay
Jim McGovern	D	MA-3	Nay
Barney Frank	D	MA-4	Nay
Marty Meehan	D	MA-5	Nay
John Tierney	D	MA-6	Nay
Ed Markey	D	MA-7	Nay
Michael Capuano	D	MA-8	Nay
Stephen Lynch	D	MA-9	Nay
Wayne Gilchrest	R	MD-1	Yea
C. Ruppersberger	D	MD-2	Nay
Benjamin Cardin	D	MD-3	Nay
Albert Wynn	D	MD-4	Not Voting
Steny Hoyer	D	MD-5	Nay
Roscoe Bartlett	R	MD-6	Yea
Elijah Cummings	D	MD-7	Nay
Chris Van Hollen	D	MD-8	Nay
Tom Allen	D	ME-1	Nay
Michael Michaud	D	ME-2	Nay
Bart Stupak	D	MI-1	Not Voting
Candice Miller	R	MI-10	Yea
Thad McCotter	R	MI-11	Yea
Sander Levin	D	MI-12	Nay
Carolyn Kilpatrick	D	MI-13	Nay
John Conyers	D	MI-14	Nay
John Dingell	D	MI-15	Yea
Pete Hoekstra	R	MI-2	Yea
Vernon Ehlers	R	MI-3	Yea
Dave Camp	R	MI-4	Yea
Dale Kildee	D	MI-5	Nay
Fred Upton	R	MI-6	Yea
Joe Schwarz	R	MI-7	Yea
Mike Rogers	R	MI-8	Yea
Joe Knollenberg	R	MI-9	Yea
Gil Gutknecht	R	MN-1	Yea
John Kline	R	MN-2	Yea
Jim Ramstad	R	MN-3	Yea
Betty McCollum	D	MN-4	Nay
Martin Sabo	D	MN-5	Nay
Mark Kennedy	R	MN-6	Yea
Collin Peterson	D	MN-7	Nay
James Oberstar	D	MN-8	Nay
Wm. Clay	D	MO-1	Nay
W. Akin	R	MO-2	Yea
Russ Carnahan	D	MO-3	Nay
Ike Skelton	D	MO-4	Nay
Emanuel Cleaver	D	MO-5	Nay
Sam Graves	R	MO-6	Yea
Roy Blunt	R	MO-7	Yea
Jo Ann Emerson	R	MO-8	Yea
Kenny Hulshof	R	MO-9	Yea
Roger Wicker	R	MS-1	Yea
Bennie Thompson	D	MS-2	Nay
Chip Pickering	R	MS-3	Yea
Gene Taylor	D	MS-4	Nay
Denny Rehberg	R	MT-AL	Yea
G.K. Butterfield	D	NC-1	Nay
Patrick McHenry	R	NC-10	Yea
Charles Taylor	R	NC-11	Yea
Mel Watt	D	NC-12	Nay
Brad Miller	D	NC-13	Nay
Bob Etheridge	D	NC-2	Nay
Walter Jones	R	NC-3	Yea
David Price	D	NC-4	Nay
Virginia Foxx	R	NC-5	Yea
Howard Coble	R	NC-6	Yea
Mike McIntyre	D	NC-7	Nay
Robin Hayes	R	NC-8	Yea
Sue Myrick	R	NC-9	Yea
Earl Pomeroy	D	ND-AL	Nay
Jeff Fortenberry	R	NE-1	Yea
Lee Terry	R	NE-2	Yea
Tom Osborne	R	NE-3	Yea
Jeb Bradley	R	NH-1	Yea
Charlie Bass	R	NH-2	Yea
Rob Andrews	D	NJ-1	Nay
Donald Payne	D	NJ-10	Nay
Rodney Frelinghuysen	R	NJ-11	Yea
Rush Holt	D	NJ-12	Nay
Bob Menendez	D	NJ-13	Nay
Frank LoBiondo	R	NJ-2	Yea
Jim Saxton	R	NJ-3	Yea
Chris Smith	R	NJ-4	Yea
Scott Garrett	R	NJ-5	Yea
Frank Pallone	D	NJ-6	Nay
Mike Ferguson	R	NJ-7	Yea
Bill Pascrell	D	NJ-8	Nay
Steven Rothman	D	NJ-9	Nay
Heather Wilson	R	NM-1	Yea
Steve Pearce	R	NM-2	Yea
Tom Udall	D	NM-3	Nay
Shelley Berkley	D	NV-1	Nay
Jim Gibbons	R	NV-2	Yea
Jon Porter	R	NV-3	Yea
Timothy Bishop	D	NY-1	Nay
Ed Towns	D	NY-10	Nay
Major Owens	D	NY-11	Nay
Nydia Velázquez	D	NY-12	Nay
Vito Fossella	R	NY-13	Yea
Carolyn Maloney	D	NY-14	Nay
Charlie Rangel	D	NY-15	Nay
José Serrano	D	NY-16	Nay
Eliot Engel	D	NY-17	Nay
Nita Lowey	D	NY-18	Nay
Sue Kelly	R	NY-19	Yea
Steve Israel	D	NY-2	Nay
John Sweeney	R	NY-20	Yea
Michael McNulty	D	NY-21	Nay
Maurice Hinchey	D	NY-22	Nay
John McHugh	R	NY-23	Yea
Sherry Boehlert	R	NY-24	Yea
Jim Walsh	R	NY-25	Yea
Thomas Reynolds	R	NY-26	Yea
Brian Higgins	D	NY-27	Nay
Louise Slaughter	D	NY-28	Nay
Randy Kuhl	R	NY-29	Yea
Pete King	R	NY-3	Yea
Carolyn McCarthy	D	NY-4	Nay
Gary Ackerman	D	NY-5	Nay
Gregory Meeks	D	NY-6	Nay
Joe Crowley	D	NY-7	Nay
Jerrold Nadler	D	NY-8	Nay
Anthony Weiner	D	NY-9	Nay
Steve Chabot	R	OH-1	Yea
Dennis Kucinich	D	OH-10	Nay
Stephanie Jones	D	OH-11	Nay
Pat Tiberi	R	OH-12	Yea
Sherrod Brown	D	OH-13	Nay
Steven LaTourette	R	OH-14	Yea
Deborah Pryce	R	OH-15	Yea
Ralph Regula	R	OH-16	Yea
Tim Ryan	D	OH-17	Nay
Bob Ney	R	OH-18	Yea
Rob Portman	R	OH-2	Yea
Michael Turner	R	OH-3	Yea
Michael Oxley	R	OH-4	Not Voting
Paul Gillmor	R	OH-5	Yea
Ted Strickland	D	OH-6	Nay
Dave Hobson	R	OH-7	Yea
John Boehner	R	OH-8	Yea
Marcy Kaptur	D	OH-9	Nay
John Sullivan	R	OK-1	Yea
Dan Boren	D	OK-2	Nay
Frank Lucas	R	OK-3	Yea
Tom Cole	R	OK-4	Yea
Ernest Istook	R	OK-5	Yea
David Wu	D	OR-1	Nay
Greg Walden	R	OR-2	Yea
Earl Blumenauer	D	OR-3	Nay
Peter DeFazio	D	OR-4	Nay
Darlene Hooley	D	OR-5	Nay
Robert Brady	D	PA-1	Nay
Don Sherwood	R	PA-10	Yea
Paul Kanjorski	D	PA-11	Nay
John Murtha	D	PA-12	Nay
Allyson Schwartz	D	PA-13	Nay
Michael Doyle	D	PA-14	Nay
Charles Dent	R	PA-15	Yea
Joseph Pitts	R	PA-16	Yea
Tim Holden	D	PA-17	Nay
Tim Murphy	R	PA-18	Yea
Todd Platts	R	PA-19	Yea
Chaka Fattah	D	PA-2	Nay
Phil English	R	PA-3	Yea
Melissa Hart	R	PA-4	Yea
John Peterson	R	PA-5	Yea
Jim Gerlach	R	PA-6	Yea
Curt Weldon	R	PA-7	Yea
Michael Fitzpatrick	R	PA-8	Yea
Bill Shuster	R	PA-9	Yea
Patrick Kennedy	D	RI-1	Nay
Jim Langevin	D	RI-2	Nay
Henry Brown	R	SC-1	Yea
Joe Wilson	R	SC-2	Yea
J. Gresham Barrett	R	SC-3	Yea
Bob Inglis	R	SC-4	Yea
John Spratt	D	SC-5	Nay
Jim Clyburn	D	SC-6	Nay
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin	D	SD-AL	Nay
Bill Jenkins	R	TN-1	Yea
Jimmy Duncan	R	TN-2	Yea
Zach Wamp	R	TN-3	Yea
Lincoln Davis	D	TN-4	Nay
Jim Cooper	D	TN-5	Nay
Bart Gordon	D	TN-6	Nay
Marsha Blackburn	R	TN-7	Yea
John Tanner	D	TN-8	Nay
Harold Ford	D	TN-9	Nay
Louie Gohmert	R	TX-1	Yea
Michael McCaul	R	TX-10	Yea
K. Conaway	R	TX-11	Yea
Kay Granger	R	TX-12	Yea
Mac Thornberry	R	TX-13	Yea
Ron Paul	R	TX-14	Yea
Rubén Hinojosa	D	TX-15	Nay
Silvestre Reyes	D	TX-16	Nay
Chet Edwards	D	TX-17	Nay
Sheila Jackson Lee	D	TX-18	Nay
Randy Neugebauer	R	TX-19	Yea
Ted Poe	R	TX-2	Yea
Charlie Gonzalez	D	TX-20	Nay
Lamar Smith	R	TX-21	Yea
Tom DeLay	R	TX-22	Yea
Henry Bonilla	R	TX-23	Yea
Kenny Marchant	R	TX-24	Yea
Lloyd Doggett	D	TX-25	Nay
Michael Burgess	R	TX-26	Yea
Solomon Ortiz	D	TX-27	Nay
Henry Cuellar	D	TX-28	Nay
Gene Green	D	TX-29	Nay
Sam Johnson	R	TX-3	Yea
Eddie Johnson	D	TX-30	Nay
John Carter	R	TX-31	Yea
Pete Sessions	R	TX-32	Yea
Ralph Hall	R	TX-4	Yea
Jeb Hensarling	R	TX-5	Yea
Joe Barton	R	TX-6	Yea
John Culberson	R	TX-7	Yea
Kevin Brady	R	TX-8	Yea
Al Green	D	TX-9	Nay
Rob Bishop	R	UT-1	Yea
Jim Matheson	D	UT-2	Nay
Chris Cannon	R	UT-3	Yea
Jo Ann Davis	R	VA-1	Yea
Frank Wolf	R	VA-10	Yea
Tom Davis	R	VA-11	Yea
Thelma Drake	R	VA-2	Yea
Bobby Scott	D	VA-3	Nay
J. Forbes	R	VA-4	Yea
Virgil Goode	R	VA-5	Yea
Bob Goodlatte	R	VA-6	Yea
Eric Cantor	R	VA-7	Yea
Jim Moran	D	VA-8	Nay
Rick Boucher	D	VA-9	Nay
Bernie Sanders	I	VT-AL	Nay
Jay Inslee	D	WA-1	Nay
Rick Larsen	D	WA-2	Nay
Brian Baird	D	WA-3	Nay
Doc Hastings	R	WA-4	Yea
Cathy McMorris Rodgers	R	WA-5	Yea
Norm Dicks	D	WA-6	Nay
Jim McDermott	D	WA-7	Nay
David Reichert	R	WA-8	Not Voting
Adam Smith	D	WA-9	Nay
Paul Ryan	R	WI-1	Yea
Tammy Baldwin	D	WI-2	Nay
Ron Kind	D	WI-3	Nay
Gwen Moore	D	WI-4	Nay
F. Sensenbrenner	R	WI-5	Yea
Tom Petri	R	WI-6	Yea
Dave Obey	D	WI-7	Nay
Mark Green	R	WI-8	Yea
Alan Mollohan	D	WV-1	Nay
Shelley Capito	R	WV-2	Yea
Nick Rahall	D	WV-3	Nay
Barbara Cubin	R	WY-AL	Yea

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