Rockefeller Plans To Introduce TV Violence Bill By August Recess

ROCKEFELLER PLANS TO INTRODUCE TV VIOLENCE BILL BY AUGUST RECESS
[SOURCE: Broadcasting&Cable, AUTHOR: John Eggerton]
The long-awaited Rockefeller TV violence bill will be introduced before the August recess, says Steven Broderick, the press secretary to Senator Jay Rockefeller (D-WV). The bill will give the FCC the power to regulate cable and satellite violence, as well as broadcast. It will also likely require the FCC to come up with a definition of indecent violent content, a call the FCC punted to Congress in a report it issued several months ago. Rockefeller last week introduced--with the support of Commerce Committee Chairman Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii)-- a bill that would clarify the FCC has power to regulate fleeting profanities and images, which would essentially be a response to a federal court that in June told the FCC to explain why it had changed policy and found the fleeting expletives to be indecent.
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