FAIR Ratings Act
Latest action · Jul 27, 2005 Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 109-1127.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJul 1, 2005
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Fairness, Accuracy, Inclusivity, and Responsiveness in Ratings Act of 2005 or FAIR Ratings Act - Prohibits a person from selling, offering to sell, or otherwise providing data from a television ratings measurement system (system) that produces data to be used commercially as currency ratings unless that system is accredited by the Media Ratings Council. Requires such Council to: (1) accredit such systems on the basis of audits; and (2) preapprove any change made to a current system. Provides accreditation standards.
Requires any dispute between an operator of a system and the Council to be resolved through dispute resolution procedures.
Cosponsors 3
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Jul 1, 2005.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-VA | George Allen | Original | Jul 1, 2005 |
| R-FL | Mel Martinez | Original | Jul 1, 2005 |
| R-ME | Olympia J. Snowe | Original | Jul 1, 2005 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee | Referred Jul 1, 2005Hearings Jul 27, 2005 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 27, 2005Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 109-1127.
- Jul 1, 2005Introduced in Senate
- Jul 1, 2005Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7912-7913)
- Jul 1, 2005Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S7912 | Conrad R. Burns R-MT | Jul 1, 2005 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 109-1127 | S. 1372, THE FAIR RATINGS ACT74 pages | Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee | Jul 27, 2005 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to provide for the accuracy of television ratings services, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- FAIR Ratings Act
- Fairness, Accuracy, Inclusivity, and Responsiveness in Ratings Act of 2005
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications.
- Associations, institutions, etc.
- Commerce
- Congress
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Demography
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Grievance procedures
- Information services
- Law
- Licenses
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Standards
- Statistics
- Telecommunication rates
- Television advertising
- Television industry
- Television programs
- Television viewers
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 1, 2005Introduced in Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.