Protecting Children from Indecent Programming Act

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Never voted on. It didn't reach a floor vote before the 110th Congress ended, so it expired. A bill has to be introduced again to be considered in a new Congress.

D RockefellerSponsor

12 cosponsors · 5 D, 7 R

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

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.

What it does: CRS summary · Reported to Senate without amendment · Dec 5, 2007

(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

About this bill and sources

Official title: Protecting Children from Indecent Programming Act

Latest action (Dec 5, 2007): Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 521.

Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Jul 12, 2007

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)

No recorded floor vote found.