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| Broadcast Decency Enforcement Bill Sent to President |
June 08, 2006 |
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"The penalties have to be costly enough that broadcasters won’t ignore them as merely the cost of doing business."
Rep. Heather Wilson
Wilson Joined Enrollment Ceremony, Led in the Effort for Better FCC Tools
Washington, DC – Congresswoman Heather Wilson today joined leaders in Congress at the official enrollment of the Broadcast Decency Enforcement Act of 2005 (S. 193), sending the legislation to President Bush today to be signed into law.
Wilson, a House leader in the effort to strengthen broadcast decency enforcement, participated in today’s enrollment ceremony sending the bill to the White House. Wilson, a member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, has actively worked for better broadcast decency enforcement legislation. She supported House passage 379-35 on Wednesday in the last legislative step for this important bill.
“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.”
The legislation strengthens penalties for violations of Federal Communications Commission rules. It establishes 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 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.
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