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US Congress 112th Congress

Cameras in the Courtroom Act of 2011 [HB-3572] [Media and Advertising ] [Law Enforcement ] [Criminal Justice ] [Crime ]
The Cameras in the Courtroom Act of 2011 - Requires the Supreme Court to permit television coverage of all open sessions of the Court unless it decides by majority vote that allowing such coverage in a particular case would violate the due process rights of any of the parties involved.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe Sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure. (cr E2192) on 12/06/2011

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Wireless Innovation and Public Safety Act of 2011 [HB-3509] [Telecommunications ] [Public Safety ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Cybersecurity ] [Law Enforcement ] [Crime ]
Wireless Innovation and Public Safety Act of 2011 - Increases the allocation of electromagnetic spectrum for use by public safety entities by: (1) directing the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to reallocate to such entities specified frequencies of the 700 MHz D block spectrum, and (2) amending the Communications Act of 1934 to increase public safety services allocation and reduce commercial use allocation by 10 megahertz within a specified range. Authorizes the establishment of a private, nonprofit Public Safety Broadband Corporation to (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Janice Schakowsky Referred To The Subcommittee On Communications And Technology. on 12/09/2011

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Efficient Use of Educational Resources Act [HB-3456] [Education ] [Telecommunications ] [Budget and Spending ] [Children and Youth ]
Efficient Use of Educational Resources Act - Amends part D (Enhancing Education through Technology) of title II of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to repeal the Ready-to-Learn Television program. (The Ready to Learn Television program supports the development, by public telecommunications entities, of educational television and digital media for preschool and elementary school children and their families.)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Nan Hayworth Referred To The Subcommittee On Early Childhood, Elementary, And Secondary Education. on 03/29/2012

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Give Fans a Chance Act of 2011 [HB-3344] [Sports ] [Consumer Protection ] [Community Development ] [Economic Development ] [Law Enforcement ]
Give Fans a Chance Act of 2011 - Provides that the existing antitrust exemption for agreements covering the telecasting of sports contests and the combining of professional football leagues shall not apply to a professional sport league for any period during which any member club is: (1) subject to a league requirement, or to an agreement made by two or more member clubs, that forbids any club from transferring an ownership interest to any governmental entity or to members of the general public; or (2) not in compliance with the following provisions (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Earl Blumenauer Referred To The Subcommittee On Intellectual Property, Competition And The Internet. on 11/21/2011

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Stop Online Piracy Act [HB-3261] [Technology and Innovation ] [Cybersecurity ] [Data Privacy ] [Law Enforcement ] [National Security ] [Public Health ] [Trade ] [Consumer Protection ] [Criminal Justice ] [Science ] [Crime ]
Stop Online Piracy Act - Authorizes the Attorney General (AG) to seek a court order against a U.S.-directed foreign Internet site committing or facilitating online piracy to require the owner, operator, or domain name registrant, or the site or domain name itself if such persons are unable to be found, to cease and desist further activities constituting specified intellectual property offenses under the federal criminal code including criminal copyright infringement, unauthorized fixation and trafficking of sound recordings or videos of live musical (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Theodore Deutch Committee Consideration And Mark-up Session Held. on 12/16/2011

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Ready-to-Compete Act [HB-3036] [Education ] [Telecommunications ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Children and Youth ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Public Health ]
Ready to Compete Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to create a new Ready to Learn program authorizing the Secretary of Education to award grants to public telecommunications entities to coordinate the development, production, and distribution of innovative multiplatform educational programming and services for young children and youth and their parents, educators, and caregivers. Requires grantees to award subcontracts or enter into agreements with public television stations and producers or distributors of educational (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Gregory Meeks Referred To The Subcommittee On Early Childhood, Elementary, And Secondary Education. on 11/18/2011

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Stop Subsidizing Hollywood Act [HB-2819] [Defense ] [Media and Advertising ] [Budget and Spending ] [Funding ] [National Security ]
Stop Subsidizing Hollywood Act - Prohibits the Secretary of Defense, Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, and any other federal officer or employee from providing any information about the mission to kill Osama bin Laden to any person outside the federal government until the completion of an investigation and classified briefing to Congress by the Inspectors General of the Department of Defense (DOD) and Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Requires such investigation and briefing to consider, at a minimum, all the questions set forth in the (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Lynn Jenkins Referred To The Committee On Armed Services, And In Addition To The Committee On Intelligence (permanent Select), For A Period To Be Subsequently Determined By The Speaker, In Each Case For Consideration Of Such Provisions As Fall Within The Jurisdiction Of The Committee Concerned. on 09/06/2011

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To provide for media coverage of Federal court proceedings. [HB-2802] [Media and Advertising ] [Law Enforcement ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Criminal Justice ]
Sunshine in the Courtroom Act of 2011 - Authorizes the presiding judge of a U.S. appellate court (including the Supreme Court) or U.S. district court to permit the photographing, electronic recording, broadcasting, or televising to the public of court proceedings over which that judge presides, except when such action would constitute a violation of the due process rights of any party. Directs: (1) a district court, upon the request of any witness in a trial proceeding other than a party, to order the face and voice of the witness to be disguised (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Theodore Deutch Referred To The Subcommittee On Courts, Commercial And Administrative Law. on 08/25/2011

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Healthy Media for Youth Act [HB-2513] [Children and Youth ] [Media and Advertising ] [Public Health ] [Healthcare ] [Science ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Telecommunications ]
Healthy Media for Youth Act - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to award grants to nonprofit organizations to provide for the establishment, operation, coordination, and evaluation of programs to: (1) increase the media literacy of girls and boys; and (2) support the empowerment of girls or boys, including through extracurricular activities and programs. Permits grants to nonprofit organizations only if the organization agrees to make nonfederal contributions available toward the costs of the program (at least $1 for every (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Gerald Connolly Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 07/15/2011

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State Video Tax Fairness Act of 2011 [HB-1804] [Telecommunications ] [Taxes ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Consumer Protection ] [Media and Advertising ]
State Video Tax Fairness Act of 2011 - Prohibits any state from imposing a discriminatory tax on any means of providing multichannel video programming distribution services, including Internet protocol technology (or any successor protocol), direct broadcast satellite delivery, and cable television services. Defines a tax as discriminatory if the net tax imposed on one means of providing multichannel video service is higher than the net tax rate imposed on another. Applies this prohibition only to any tax imposed on or after January 1, 2011.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. F. James Sensenbrenner Referred To The Subcommittee On Courts, Commercial And Administrative Law. on 08/25/2011

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Sober Truth on Preventing Underage Drinking Reauthorization Act [HB-1562] [Alcoholic Beverages ] [Public Health ] [Healthcare ] [Children and Youth ] [Funding ] [Grants ]
Sober Truth on Preventing Underage Drinking Reauthorization Act or the STOP Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the program to reduce underage drinking for FY2012-FY2016. Makes revisions to such program, including by: (1) revising reporting requirements on state programs on underage drinking; (2) expanding the national media campaign to prevent underage drinking; (3) requiring the Administrator of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration to make grants to professional pediatric provider organizations to (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Collin Peterson Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 04/25/2011

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Fairness for the U.S. Territories Under STELA Act [HB-1203] [Telecommunications ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Arts and Culture ] [Consumer Protection ] [Media and Advertising ]
Fairness for the U.S. Territories Under STELA Act - Amends the Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act of 2010 (STELA) to include the U.S. territories of American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands as separate designated market areas for the purposes of specified statutory copyright licensing provisions related to low power television stations. Subjects to such licensing requirements certain secondary transmissions of a performance or display of a work embodied in a primary transmission of (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Gregorio Sablan Referred To The Subcommittee On Intellectual Property, Competition And The Internet. on 06/01/2011

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A resolution to express the sense of the Senate in support of permitting the televising of Supreme Court proceedings. [SR-339] [Media and Advertising ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Law Enforcement ] [Public Safety ]
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the Supreme Court should permit live television coverage of all open sessions of the Court unless the Court decides, by a vote of the majority of justices, that allowing such coverage in a particular case would constitute a violation of the due process rights of one or more of the parties before the Court.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse Committee On The Judiciary. Reported By Senator Leahy Without Amendment. Without Written Report. on 06/08/2010

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A concurrent resolution recognizing the historic founding of the Black Stuntmen's Association and the Coalition of Black Stuntmen and Women. [SCR-50] [Race and Civil Rights ] [Arts and Culture ] [Film Production ]
Recognizes the historic founding of the Black Stuntmen's Association and the Coalition of Black Stuntmen and Women. Honors the contributions of these organizations and their members in the fight for racial equality and justice in the motion picture and television industry.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Dianne Feinstein Sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure. (cr S802-803) on 02/25/2010

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Sunshine in the Courtroom Act of 2009 [S.657] [Law Enforcement ] [Crime ] [Criminal Justice ] [Public Safety ]
Sunshine in the Courtroom Act of 2009 - Authorizes the presiding judge of a U.S. appellate court or U.S. district court to permit the photographing, electronic recording, broadcasting, or televising to the public of court proceedings over which that judge presides, except when such action would constitute a violation of the due process rights of any party. Directs: (1) a district court, upon the request of any witness in a trial proceeding other than a party, to order the face and voice of the witness to be disguised or otherwise obscured to render (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Chuck Grassley Committee On The Judiciary. Ordered To Be Reported Without Amendment Favorably. on 04/29/2010

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A bill to permit the televising of Supreme Court proceedings. [S.446] [Media and Advertising ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Law Enforcement ] [Public Safety ] [Criminal Justice ]
Requires the Supreme Court to permit television coverage of all open sessions of the Court unless it decides by majority vote that allowing such coverage in a particular case would violate the due process rights of any of the parties involved.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Chuck Grassley Committee On The Judiciary. Reported By Senator Leahy Without Amendment. Without Written Report. on 06/08/2010

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Healthy Media for Youth Act [S.3852] [Media and Advertising ] [Healthcare ] [Public Health ] [Children and Youth ] [Science ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Grants ] [Funding ] [Education ]
Healthy Media for Youth Act - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to award grants to nonprofit organizations to provide for the establishment, operation, coordination, and evaluation of programs to: (1) increase the media literacy of girls and boys, and (2) support the empowerment of girls or boys in a variety of ways. Permits giving priority to grant applicants providing non-federal matching funds. Directs the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and in coordination (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Menendez Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 09/28/2010

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A bill to make technical corrections in the Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010 and the amendments made by that Act. [S.3828] [Telecommunications ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Consumer Protection ] [Disabilities ]
Amends the Twenty-first Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010 (S. 3304), as engrossed by the Senate, to make certain technical corrections to it as well as to amendments it makes to the Communications Act of 1934. Requires the Video Programming and Emergency Access Advisory Committee, in its report to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), to: (1) identify additional protocols for the delivery of emergency information delivered by digital broadcast television (as well as by Internet protocol); and (2) recommend any regulations (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Mark Pryor Signed By President. on 10/08/2010

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DTV Delay Act [S.352] [Telecommunications ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Consumer Protection ] [Public Safety ] [Media and Advertising ]
DTV Delay Act - Amends the Digital Television Transition and Public Safety Act of 2005 to delay the transition of television broadcasting from analog to digital to June 13, 2009. Requires the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to extend for a 116-day period the licenses for recovered spectrum, including the license period and construction requirements associated with those licenses.Extends to July 31, 2009, provided additional budget authority is enacted, the deadline for requesting digital-to-analog converter box coupons. Authorizes the issuance, (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey Became Public Law No: 111-4. on 02/11/2009

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International Documentary Exchange Act of 2010 [S.3503] [International ] [Film Production ] [Grants ] [Nonprofit ] [Arts and Culture ]
International Documentary Exchange Act of 2010 - Authorizes the Secretary of State to make grants to U.S. filmmakers and nongovernmental organizations that use independently produced documentary films to promote a better understanding of the United States among individuals in other countries.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin Cardin Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Foreign Relations. on 06/17/2010

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