109th Congress > House > Vote 898

Date: June 07, 2006

Result: 379-35 (Passed)

Clerk session vote number: 230

Vote Subject Matter: Civil Liberties / Domestic Social Policy

Bill number: S193

Question: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass

Description: Broadcast Decency Enforcement Act

Bill summary: (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.

Bill titles: A bill to increase the penalties for violations by television and radio broadcasters of the prohibitions against transmission of obscene, indecent, and profane language.

Links for more info on the vote: congress.gov

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