S.1780 - Protecting Children from Indecent Programming Act

A bill to require the FCC, in enforcing its regulations concerning the broadcast of indecent programming, to maintain a policy that a single word or image may be considered indecent. view all titles (3)

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Short: Protecting Children from Indecent Programming Act as reported to senate.
Short: Protecting Children from Indecent Programming Act as introduced.
Official: A bill to require the FCC, in enforcing its regulations concerning the broadcast of indecent programming, to maintain a policy that a single word or image may be considered indecent. as introduced.

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04/13/08

Profanity on airwaves not a "right"

... Congress must renew its commitment to protecting children from indecent material on the public airwaves by immediately bringing S.1780 to a vote. ...

Source: Sun-Sentinel.com, FL

12/14/07

Fleeting-Profanities Bill Unlikely to See Senate Floor Vote

The bill, the Protecting Children from Indecency Programming Act (S. 1780), was introduced by Sen. Jay Rockefeller (DW. Va.) after a Federal Appeals Court ...

Source: Broadcasting & Cable, NY

12/14/07

Fleeting-Profanities Bill Unlikely to See Senate Floor Vote

The bill, the Protecting Children from Indecency Programming Act (S. 1780), was introduced by Sen. Jay Rockefeller (DW. Va.) after a Federal Appeals Court ...

Source: Broadcasting & Cable, NY

12/10/07

Stevens Urges Senate to Pass Indecency Bill

The bill, the Protecting Children from Indecency Programming Act (S. 1780) http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=s110-1780, was introduced by Sen. ...

Source: Broadcast Newsroom, CA

12/06/07

Stevens Urges Senate to Pass Indecency Bill

The bill, the Protecting Children from Indecency Programming Act (S. 1780), was introduced by Sen. Jay Rockefeller (DW. Va.) after a Federal Appeals Court ...

Source: Broadcasting & Cable, NY

11/28/07

Take Action: Broadcast Decency Legislation Held Up in Senate

Call the senators’ state offices while they are on recess and urge them to move the broadcast decency bill (S.1780) to the Senate floor.

Source: CitizenLink, CO

07/25/07

Senate panel approves single indecency bill

... Science and Transportation forwarded to the full Senate by unanimous consent the Protecting Children From Indecent Programming Act, S. 1780. ...

Source: Florida Baptist Witness, FL

07/20/07

INDECENCY DEBATE GOES TO THE SENATE: Bil...

S. 1780 was introduced by Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-West Virginia) after an outcry from Americans fed up with offensive material on broadcast networks. ...

Source: Eurweb.com, CA

07/20/07

ACLU Objects to Rockefeller's Indecency Legislation, Bill Treads ...

Recently introduced by Senator Jay Rockefeller (D-WV), S.1780 would attempt to regulate "indecent" television programming by instituting a Federal ...

Source: ACLU (press release), NY

07/20/07

Senate panel OKs single indecency bill

... Science and Transportation forwarded to the full Senate by unanimous consent the Protecting Children From Indecent Programming Act, S. 1780. ...

Source: ACLU (press release)

07/20/07

Senate committee passes bill to outlaw "fleeting" f-bombs

S. 1780, the Protecting Children from Indecent Programming Act, has just cleared the Senate Commerce Committee and is now on its way to the full Senate. ...

Source: ACLU (press release)

07/20/07

Senate panel moves to restore FCC indecency policy

In response came the Protecting Children from Indecent Programming Act (S. 1780), sponsored by Sens. Jay Rockefeller, DW.Va., and Mark Pryor, ...

Source: ACLU (press release)

07/18/07

Republicans Block Iraq Withdrawal Measure

The bill (S.1780), introduced by Sen. Jay Rockefeller (DW.Va.), will be discussed Thursday by the Senate Commerce Committee. ...

Source: CNSNews.com, VA

07/18/07

ACLU Objects to Rockefeller’s Indecency Legislation; Bill Treads ...

Recently introduced by Senator Jay Rockefeller (D-WV), S.1780 would attempt to regulate “indecent” television programming by instituting a Federal ...

Source: ACLU (press release), NY

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