Bill Type
Long Title
AN ACT LIMITING THE EXPOSURE OF CHILDREN TO VIOLENT PROGRAMMING ON TELEVISION AND CABLE SYSTEMS
Congress Author
Date filed
December 10, 2008
Scope

Legislative History

House Bill/Resolution NO. HB05610
FULL TITLE : AN ACT LIMITING THE EXPOSURE OF CHILDREN TO VIOLENT PROGRAMMING ON TELEVISION AND CABLE SYSTEMS
SHORT TITLE : Children's Media Protection Act Of 2008
ABSTRACT : "Children's Media Protection Act of 2008." Seeks to authorize the Movie and Television Review and Classification Board (MTRCB) and the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) to prescribe ratings for violent television programming and rules for blocking such violent programming in apparatuses with such technical capability to allay the apprehentions that there is an irrefutable connection between the amount of violence depicted in television programs being watched by children and the increased aggression among these children.
PRINCIPAL AUTHOR/S : SANTIAGO, NARCISO III D.
DATE FILED : 2008-12-10
SIGNIFICANCE: NATIONAL
CO-AUTHORS (Journal Entries) :
1. Teodoro (047 )
ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES
REFERRAL TO THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC INFORMATION ON 2008-12-15

Abstract

"Children's Media Protection Act of 2008." Seeks to authorize the Movie and Television Review and Classification Board (MTRCB) and the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) to prescribe ratings for violent television programming and rules for blocking such violent programming in apparatuses with such technical capability to allay the apprehentions that there is an irrefutable connection between the amount of violence depicted in television programs being watched by children and the increased aggression among these children.

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