To express the sense of the House of Representatives with respect to the broadcasting of video programming containing violence.

Summary

Declares that each of the four major television broadcast networks and their affiliates, independent television stations, the Public Broadcasting System, and cable programmers and operators should: (1) not telecast programming containing dramatized violence; (2) superimpose explicit viewer advisories throughout programming containing dramatized or documentary violence; (3) provide explicit audio and on-screen viewer advisories immediately prior to transmittal of such programming; (4) not transmit programming promotions or advertisements that contain violence; (5) develop a standard scheme for classifying programming on the basis of the amount and type of dramatized violence it contains; and (6) educate and inform viewers about the harmful effects of exposure to television violence.

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  Introduced in House · EN · 18 June 1993

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