FCC Indeceny Penalties bill

Law · 109-235 · Jun 15, 2006

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IntroducedPassed one chamberPassed both chambersBecame law (gold)Resolution agreed to (full, dark)Failed or vetoed (gray)

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R BrownbackSponsor

27 cosponsors · 7 D, 20 R

21 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.

Senate Introduced Jan 26, 2005
Senate Passed May 18, 2006
House Passed Jun 7, 2006 379–35
President To the President Jun 8, 2006
President Signed Jun 15, 2006
Law Jun 15, 2006

What it does: CRS summary · Public Law · Jun 15, 2006

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

Broadcast Decency Enforcement Act of 2005 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to provide that, if the violator of the terms and conditions of any Federal Communications Commission (FCC) license, permit, or certificate is either a broadcast station licensee or permittee or an applicant for a broadcast license, permit, or certificate, and such violator is determined by the FCC to have broadcast obscene, indecent, or profane language, the amount of forfeiture penalty shall not exceed $325,000 for each violation or day of such violation, to a maximum of $3 million for any single act or failure to act.

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	Yea
Spencer Bachus	R	AL-6	Yea
Artur Davis	D	AL-7	Yea
Marion Berry	D	AR-1	Yea
Vic Snyder	D	AR-2	Yea
John Boozman	R	AR-3	Yea
Mike Ross	D	AR-4	Yea
Rick Renzi	R	AZ-1	Yea
Trent Franks	R	AZ-2	Yea
John Shadegg	R	AZ-3	Yea
Ed Pastor	D	AZ-4	Yea
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	Yea
Ellen Tauscher	D	CA-10	Yea
Richard Pombo	R	CA-11	Yea
Tom Lantos	D	CA-12	Not Voting
Pete Stark	D	CA-13	Nay
Anna Eshoo	D	CA-14	Yea
Mike Honda	D	CA-15	Nay
Zoe Lofgren	D	CA-16	Nay
Sam Farr	D	CA-17	Yea
Dennis Cardoza	D	CA-18	Yea
George Radanovich	R	CA-19	Yea
Wally Herger	R	CA-2	Yea
Jim Costa	D	CA-20	Yea
Devin Nunes	R	CA-21	Yea
Bill Thomas	R	CA-22	Yea
Lois Capps	D	CA-23	Yea
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	Yea
Daniel Lungren	R	CA-3	Yea
Henry Waxman	D	CA-30	Nay
Xavier Becerra	D	CA-31	Nay
Hilda Solis	D	CA-32	Yea
Diane Watson	D	CA-33	Nay
Lucille Roybal-Allard	D	CA-34	Yea
Maxine Waters	D	CA-35	Nay
Jane Harman	D	CA-36	Nay
Juanita Millender-McDonald	D	CA-37	Yea
Grace Napolitano	D	CA-38	Yea
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	Yea
Ken Calvert	R	CA-44	Yea
Mary Bono Mack	R	CA-45	Not Voting
Dana Rohrabacher	R	CA-46	Yea
Loretta Sanchez	D	CA-47	Yea
John Campbell	R	CA-48	Not Voting
Darrell Issa	R	CA-49	Yea
Doris Matsui	D	CA-5	Yea
Bob Filner	D	CA-51	Not Voting
Duncan Hunter	R	CA-52	Yea
Susan Davis	D	CA-53	Yea
Lynn Woolsey	D	CA-6	Not Voting
George Miller	D	CA-7	Yea
Nancy Pelosi	D	CA-8	Yea
Barbara Lee	D	CA-9	Nay
Diana DeGette	D	CO-1	Yea
Mark Udall	D	CO-2	Yea
John Salazar	D	CO-3	Yea
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	Yea
Rob Simmons	R	CT-2	Not Voting
Rosa DeLauro	D	CT-3	Yea
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	Yea
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	Yea
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen	R	FL-18	Yea
Robert Wexler	D	FL-19	Yea
Allen Boyd	D	FL-2	Yea
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	Yea
Tom Feeney	R	FL-24	Yea
Mario Diaz-Balart	R	FL-25	Yea
Corrine Brown	D	FL-3	Yea
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	Not Voting
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	Yea
David Scott	D	GA-13	Yea
Sanford Bishop	D	GA-2	Yea
Jim Marshall	D	GA-3	Yea
Cynthia McKinney	D	GA-4	Yea
John Lewis	D	GA-5	Yea
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	Yea
Jim Nussle	R	IA-1	Not Voting
Jim Leach	R	IA-2	Yea
Leonard Boswell	D	IA-3	Yea
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	Yea
Mark Kirk	R	IL-10	Yea
Jerry Weller	R	IL-11	Yea
Jerry Costello	D	IL-12	Yea
Judy Biggert	R	IL-13	Yea
Timothy Johnson	R	IL-15	Yea
Donald Manzullo	R	IL-16	Not Voting
Lane Evans	D	IL-17	Yea
Ray LaHood	R	IL-18	Yea
John Shimkus	R	IL-19	Yea
Jesse Jackson	D	IL-2	Yea
Daniel Lipinski	D	IL-3	Yea
Luis Gutiérrez	D	IL-4	Yea
Rahm Emanuel	D	IL-5	Yea
Henry Hyde	R	IL-6	Yea
Danny Davis	D	IL-7	Yea
Melissa Bean	D	IL-8	Yea
Jan Schakowsky	D	IL-9	Nay
Peter Visclosky	D	IN-1	Yea
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	Yea
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	Yea
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	Yea
Bobby Jindal	R	LA-1	Yea
William Jefferson	D	LA-2	Yea
Charles Melancon	D	LA-3	Yea
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	Yea
Jim McGovern	D	MA-3	Yea
Barney Frank	D	MA-4	Nay
Marty Meehan	D	MA-5	Yea
John Tierney	D	MA-6	Yea
Ed Markey	D	MA-7	Yea
Michael Capuano	D	MA-8	Yea
Stephen Lynch	D	MA-9	Yea
Wayne Gilchrest	R	MD-1	Yea
C. Ruppersberger	D	MD-2	Yea
Benjamin Cardin	D	MD-3	Yea
Albert Wynn	D	MD-4	Yea
Steny Hoyer	D	MD-5	Yea
Roscoe Bartlett	R	MD-6	Yea
Elijah Cummings	D	MD-7	Yea
Chris Van Hollen	D	MD-8	Yea
Tom Allen	D	ME-1	Yea
Michael Michaud	D	ME-2	Yea
Bart Stupak	D	MI-1	Yea
Candice Miller	R	MI-10	Yea
Thad McCotter	R	MI-11	Yea
Sander Levin	D	MI-12	Yea
Carolyn Kilpatrick	D	MI-13	Yea
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	Yea
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	Yea
Martin Sabo	D	MN-5	Nay
Mark Kennedy	R	MN-6	Yea
Collin Peterson	D	MN-7	Yea
James Oberstar	D	MN-8	Not Voting
Wm. Clay	D	MO-1	Nay
W. Akin	R	MO-2	Yea
Russ Carnahan	D	MO-3	Yea
Ike Skelton	D	MO-4	Yea
Emanuel Cleaver	D	MO-5	Yea
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	Yea
Chip Pickering	R	MS-3	Yea
Gene Taylor	D	MS-4	Yea
Denny Rehberg	R	MT-AL	Yea
G.K. Butterfield	D	NC-1	Yea
Patrick McHenry	R	NC-10	Yea
Charles Taylor	R	NC-11	Yea
Mel Watt	D	NC-12	Nay
Brad Miller	D	NC-13	Yea
Bob Etheridge	D	NC-2	Yea
Walter Jones	R	NC-3	Yea
David Price	D	NC-4	Yea
Virginia Foxx	R	NC-5	Yea
Howard Coble	R	NC-6	Yea
Mike McIntyre	D	NC-7	Yea
Robin Hayes	R	NC-8	Yea
Sue Myrick	R	NC-9	Yea
Earl Pomeroy	D	ND-AL	Yea
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	Yea
Donald Payne	D	NJ-10	Nay
Rodney Frelinghuysen	R	NJ-11	Yea
Rush Holt	D	NJ-12	Yea
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	Yea
Mike Ferguson	R	NJ-7	Yea
Bill Pascrell	D	NJ-8	Yea
Steven Rothman	D	NJ-9	Yea
Heather Wilson	R	NM-1	Yea
Steve Pearce	R	NM-2	Yea
Tom Udall	D	NM-3	Yea
Shelley Berkley	D	NV-1	Nay
Jim Gibbons	R	NV-2	Not Voting
Jon Porter	R	NV-3	Yea
Timothy Bishop	D	NY-1	Not Voting
Ed Towns	D	NY-10	Yea
Major Owens	D	NY-11	Yea
Nydia Velázquez	D	NY-12	Yea
Vito Fossella	R	NY-13	Yea
Carolyn Maloney	D	NY-14	Yea
Charlie Rangel	D	NY-15	Yea
José Serrano	D	NY-16	Nay
Eliot Engel	D	NY-17	Yea
Nita Lowey	D	NY-18	Yea
Sue Kelly	R	NY-19	Yea
Steve Israel	D	NY-2	Yea
John Sweeney	R	NY-20	Yea
Michael McNulty	D	NY-21	Yea
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	Yea
Louise Slaughter	D	NY-28	Not Voting
Randy Kuhl	R	NY-29	Yea
Pete King	R	NY-3	Yea
Carolyn McCarthy	D	NY-4	Yea
Gary Ackerman	D	NY-5	Yea
Gregory Meeks	D	NY-6	Yea
Joe Crowley	D	NY-7	Yea
Jerrold Nadler	D	NY-8	Nay
Anthony Weiner	D	NY-9	Yea
Steve Chabot	R	OH-1	Yea
Dennis Kucinich	D	OH-10	Nay
Stephanie Jones	D	OH-11	Yea
Pat Tiberi	R	OH-12	Yea
Sherrod Brown	D	OH-13	Yea
Steven LaTourette	R	OH-14	Yea
Deborah Pryce	R	OH-15	Yea
Ralph Regula	R	OH-16	Yea
Tim Ryan	D	OH-17	Yea
Bob Ney	R	OH-18	Yea
Jean Schmidt	R	OH-2	Yea
Michael Turner	R	OH-3	Yea
Michael Oxley	R	OH-4	Yea
Paul Gillmor	R	OH-5	Yea
Ted Strickland	D	OH-6	Yea
Dave Hobson	R	OH-7	Yea
John Boehner	R	OH-8	Yea
Marcy Kaptur	D	OH-9	Yea
John Sullivan	R	OK-1	Yea
Dan Boren	D	OK-2	Yea
Frank Lucas	R	OK-3	Yea
Tom Cole	R	OK-4	Yea
Ernest Istook	R	OK-5	Yea
David Wu	D	OR-1	Yea
Greg Walden	R	OR-2	Yea
Earl Blumenauer	D	OR-3	Nay
Peter DeFazio	D	OR-4	Yea
Darlene Hooley	D	OR-5	Yea
Robert Brady	D	PA-1	Yea
Don Sherwood	R	PA-10	Yea
Paul Kanjorski	D	PA-11	Yea
John Murtha	D	PA-12	Yea
Allyson Schwartz	D	PA-13	Yea
Michael Doyle	D	PA-14	Yea
Charles Dent	R	PA-15	Yea
Joseph Pitts	R	PA-16	Yea
Tim Holden	D	PA-17	Yea
Tim Murphy	R	PA-18	Yea
Todd Platts	R	PA-19	Yea
Chaka Fattah	D	PA-2	Yea
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	Yea
Jim Langevin	D	RI-2	Yea
Henry Brown	R	SC-1	Yea
Joe Wilson	R	SC-2	Yea
J. Gresham Barrett	R	SC-3	Yea
Bob Inglis	R	SC-4	Not Voting
John Spratt	D	SC-5	Yea
Jim Clyburn	D	SC-6	Yea
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin	D	SD-AL	Yea
Bill Jenkins	R	TN-1	Yea
Jimmy Duncan	R	TN-2	Yea
Zach Wamp	R	TN-3	Yea
Lincoln Davis	D	TN-4	Yea
Jim Cooper	D	TN-5	Yea
Bart Gordon	D	TN-6	Yea
Marsha Blackburn	R	TN-7	Yea
John Tanner	D	TN-8	Yea
Harold Ford	D	TN-9	Not Voting
Louie Gohmert	R	TX-1	Not Voting
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	Nay
Rubén Hinojosa	D	TX-15	Yea
Silvestre Reyes	D	TX-16	Not Voting
Chet Edwards	D	TX-17	Yea
Sheila Jackson Lee	D	TX-18	Yea
Randy Neugebauer	R	TX-19	Yea
Ted Poe	R	TX-2	Yea
Charlie Gonzalez	D	TX-20	Yea
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	Yea
Michael Burgess	R	TX-26	Yea
Solomon Ortiz	D	TX-27	Yea
Henry Cuellar	D	TX-28	Yea
Gene Green	D	TX-29	Yea
Sam Johnson	R	TX-3	Yea
Eddie Johnson	D	TX-30	Yea
John Carter	R	TX-31	Yea
Pete Sessions	R	TX-32	Not Voting
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	Yea
Rob Bishop	R	UT-1	Yea
Jim Matheson	D	UT-2	Yea
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	Yea
Rick Boucher	D	VA-9	Yea
Bernie Sanders	I	VT-AL	Nay
Jay Inslee	D	WA-1	Yea
Rick Larsen	D	WA-2	Yea
Brian Baird	D	WA-3	Nay
Doc Hastings	R	WA-4	Yea
Cathy McMorris Rodgers	R	WA-5	Yea
Norm Dicks	D	WA-6	Yea
Jim McDermott	D	WA-7	Nay
David Reichert	R	WA-8	Yea
Adam Smith	D	WA-9	Yea
Paul Ryan	R	WI-1	Yea
Tammy Baldwin	D	WI-2	Yea
Ron Kind	D	WI-3	Yea
Gwen Moore	D	WI-4	Yea
F. Sensenbrenner	R	WI-5	Yea
Tom Petri	R	WI-6	Yea
Dave Obey	D	WI-7	Yea
Mark Green	R	WI-8	Yea
Alan Mollohan	D	WV-1	Yea
Shelley Capito	R	WV-2	Yea
Nick Rahall	D	WV-3	Yea
Barbara Cubin	R	WY-AL	Yea

FCC Indeceny Penalties bill

Votes to become law

Final vote · House · Jun 7, 2006