Children's Television Advertising Practices Act of 1988

Summary

Children's Television Advertising Practices Act of 1988 - Requires the Federal Communications Commission to prescribe standards for commercial television broadcast licensees with respect to advertising in programs for children. Requires the standards to: (1) limit the duration of advertising to a specified number of minutes per hour; (2) assure adequate separation between program content and commercial messages; and (3) eliminate the use of program characters to promote products. Directs the FCC to initiate rulemaking proceedings in conjunction with these standards within ten days of this Act's enactment and to promulgate the final standards within 120 days of the enactment date.

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Timeline

1. 18 February 1988

   Introduced

   Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 18 February 1988

   Introduced

   Introduced in Senate

   Source: IntroReferral

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1 official file

• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 18 February 1988

  Open at official source

Sponsors

• Sen. Metzenbaum, Howard M. [D-OH] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Wirth, Timothy [D-CO] · D · Sponsor
• · sscm00 · Standing

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