S. 1372 · 109th Congress
FAIR Ratings Act
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Fairness, Accuracy, Inclusivity, and Responsiveness in Ratings Act of 2005 or FAIR Ratings Act - Prohibits a person from selling, offering to sell, or otherwise providing data from a television ratings measurement system (system) that produces data to be used commercially as currency ratings unless that system is accredited by the Media Ratings Council.
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in Senate · Jul 1, 2005
Fairness, Accuracy, Inclusivity, and Responsiveness in Ratings Act of 2005 or FAIR Ratings Act - Prohibits a person from selling, offering to sell, or otherwise providing data from a television ratings measurement system (system) that produces data to be used commercially as currency ratings unless that system is accredited by the Media Ratings Council. Requires such Council to: (1) accredit such systems on the basis of audits; and (2) preapprove any change made to a current system. Provides accreditation standards.
Requires any dispute between an operator of a system and the Council to be resolved through dispute resolution procedures.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: FAIR Ratings Act
Also known as: Fairness, Accuracy, Inclusivity, and Responsiveness in Ratings Act of 2005
Latest action (Jul 27, 2005): Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 109-1127.
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Jul 1, 2005
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.