HR 2738 · 110th Congress · Science, Technology, Communications

Family and Consumer Choice Act of 2007

Introduced 2007-06-15· Sponsored by Rep. Lipinski, Daniel [D-IL-3]· House

Bill Progress

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Senate
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Enacted
Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.(2007-06-15)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Family and Consumer Choice Act of 2007 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to require the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to adopt rules to protect children from indecent video programming carried by a multichannel video programming distributor (MVPD). Gives MVPDs the option to either: (1) in accordance with FCC indecency and profanity policies and standards, not transmit indecent or profane material in the expanded basic tier between 6 a.m. and 10 p.m. in the Eastern or Pacific time zones or between 5 a.m. and 9 p.m. in the Central or Mountain times zones; (2) scramble or block any channel that a subscriber does not wish to receive; or (3) allow a subscriber to subscribe to a family tier of programming (defined as including all channels on the expanded basic tier, except those that carry programs rated TV-14 or TV-MA during those hours). Requires MVPDs that elect to scramble or block channels to issue credit in certain circumstances to a subscriber for any channel the subscriber elects to block. Requires MVPDs that elect to provide a family tier to allow a subscriber to obtain the family tier of programming for one or more of the subscriber's reception devices while si…

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Cosponsors (10)

4 Democrats6 Republicans