Bill Type
Congress Name
Long Title
AN ACT AMENDING ALL FRANCHISES GRANTED TO DIFFERENT RADIO AND/OR TELEVISION BROADCASTING STATIONS FOR THE PURPOSE OF MANDATING THEM TO ALLOCATE TIME FOR PUBLIC INFORMATION PROGRAM OF THE GOVERNMENT
Date filed
September 20, 2004
Scope
Legislative History
| House Bill/Resolution NO. HB02941 | |
| FULL TITLE : AN ACT AMENDING ALL FRANCHISES GRANTED TO DIFFERENT RADIO AND/OR TELEVISION BROADCASTING STATIONS FOR THE PURPOSE OF MANDATING THEM TO ALLOCATE TIME FOR PUBLIC INFORMATION PROGRAM OF THE GOVERNMENT | |
| SHORT TITLE : Government Information Program Act of 2004 | |
| ABSTRACT : "Government Information Program Act of 2004." The bill mandates all operators/owners of radio and television broadcasting stations to allot at least 60 minutes of their airtime, daily, for free, for the use of the government for its public information program. | |
| PRINCIPAL AUTHOR/S : DE VENECIA, JOSE JR. C. | |
| DATE FILED : 2004-09-20 | |
| SIGNIFICANCE: NATIONAL | |
| CO-AUTHORS : | |
| 1. Zubiri | 2. Del Mar |
| 3. Tañada | 4. Mercado |
| CO-AUTHORS (Journal Entries) : | |
| 1. Reyes (023 ) | 2. Umali (023 ) |
| 3. Uy (024 ) | 4. Cua (026 ) |
| 5. Susano (032 ) | 6. Figueroa (038 ) |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES | |
| REFERRAL TO THE COMMITTEE ON LEGISLATIVE FRANCHISES ON 2004-11-09 | |
| PREVIOUS COMMITTEE REFERRALS :PRIMARILY REFERRED TO REVISION OF LAWS on 2004-10-25; |
Abstract
"Government Information Program Act of 2004." The bill mandates all operators/owners of radio and television broadcasting stations to allot at least 60 minutes of their airtime, daily, for free, for the use of the government for its public information program.'
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