A bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to clarify that the statutory right of candidates to have access to broadcasting station facilities does not exempt any such candidate from criminal laws regarding the broadcasting of obscene matter.

referredUnited States· United States Congress· EN

Introduced

31 January 1984

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Referred to Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Consumer Protection and Finance.

Summary

Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to declare that provisions requiring a broadcast station licensee to provide equal opportunities for station access to political candidates and prohibiting the licensee from censoring a candidate's broadcast do not exempt any candidate from criminal laws regarding the broadcasting of obscene material or prohibit the licensee from refusing to broadcast obscene material.

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Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/98th-congress/house-bill/4699
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