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| House Passes Broadcast Decency Enforcement Bill |
June 07, 2006 |
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Wilson Has Led in the Effort for Better FCC Tools to Protect Children from Indecent Programming
Washington, DC – Congresswoman Heather Wilson, who has actively worked for better broadcast decency enforcement legislation, supported House passage 379-35 of the Broadcast Decency Enforcement Act of 2005 (S. 193), which strengthens penalties for violations of Federal Communications Commission rules.
The legislation includes penalties of $325,000 for each violation or day of violation, up to a maximum of $3 million for any single act or failure to act.
Wilson, a member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, cosponsored the House companion version of the bill, and has been a leader in the House effort to give the FCC the tools to enforce decency rules over the past two years.
“The FCC plays an important role in protecting Americans, particularly children, from indecent programming. The FCC has a statutory mandate to prohibit indecency on broadcasts. This bill improves the FCC’s tools so they can better do that job,” Wilson said. “The penalties have to be costly enough that broadcasters won’t ignore them as merely the cost of doing business.”
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