United States · Bill · S
S. 2136 (97th)
A bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934.
Original
Introduced
24 February 1982
Last action
24 February 1982 · Introduced
Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Sponsors
Sen. DeConcini, Dennis [D-AZ], Sen. Thurmond, Strom [R-SC]
Subjects
Discovery layer
Source updated
10 August 2026
Summary
Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to set fines and prison terms for persons who utter or distribute obscene, indecent, or profane material on television.
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Timeline
24 February 1982
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
24 February 1982
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
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Versions
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Documents
1 official file
Introduced in Senate
summary · EN · 24 February 1982
Sponsors
- Sen. DeConcini, Dennis [D-AZ] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Thurmond, Strom [R-SC] · R · Sponsor
- · ssju00 · Standing
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Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/97th-congress/senate-bill/2136
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/97/s/2136
- us · 97-s-2136 · source updated 10 August 2026