House Passes Amended Pryor Bill

On Friday, the House passed a bill requiring the Federal Communications Commission to study parents' access to advanced technologies that are capable of blocking content on television and the Internet. The House, however, did not pass an identical version of the bill (S. 602) approved by the Senate last Wednesday, meaning the bill can't be sent to President Bush for his signature just yet. The House stripped out a series of congressional "findings" from the Senate bill before passing it by unanimous consent. Still, the Child Safe Viewing Act, introduced by Sen. Mark Pryor (D-AR) in 2007, could become law this year if the Senate returns for a lame duck session on Nov 17 and agrees to the House's amendment.