United States · Bill · S
S. 471 (105th)
Television Improvement Act of 1997
Introduced
19 March 1997
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Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce.
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21 August 2025
Summary
Television Improvement Act of 1997 - Amends the Television Program Improvement Act of 1990 to make permanent and enlarge the scope of the antitrust exemption for television industry activities aimed at children's programming, or reducing levels of violent, sexual, criminal, or profane content. States that this Act shall not be construed to provide additional Federal regulatory authority over television programming.
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Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 19 March 1997
Introduced in Senate (PDF)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 19 March 1997
Introduced in Senate
summary · EN · 19 March 1997
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/senate-bill/471
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/s/471