Prepackaged News Story Announcement Act of 2005
Latest action · Dec 20, 2005 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 352.
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.
- IntroducedApr 28, 2005
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Prepackaged News Story Announcement Act of 2005 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to require that any prepackaged news story produced by or on behalf of a federal agency and intended for broadcast over the air or distribution by a multichannel video programming distributor within the United States contain a clear notification that it was prepared or funded by the "United States Government."
Cosponsors 10
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 28, 2005 to Jan 30, 2006; 6 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Barbara Boxer | Original | Apr 28, 2005 |
| D-ND | Byron L. Dorgan | Original | Apr 28, 2005 |
| D-MA | Edward M. Kennedy | Original | Apr 28, 2005 |
| D-NY | Hillary Rodham Clinton | Original | Apr 28, 2005 |
| D-MA | John F. Kerry | Original | Apr 28, 2005 |
| D-MN | Mark Dayton | Original | Apr 28, 2005 |
| D-WI | Russell D. Feingold | May 10, 2005 | |
| D-HI | Daniel K. Akaka | May 12, 2005 | |
| D-NJ | Jon S. Corzine | Sep 8, 2005 | |
| D-IL | Richard J. Durbin | Jan 30, 2006 |
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 Apr 29, 2005Hearings May 12, 2005Markup Oct 20, 2005Reported Dec 20, 2005 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 20, 2005Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Stevens with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 109-210.
- Dec 20, 2005Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 352.
- Oct 20, 2005Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
- May 12, 2005Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 109-1091.
- Apr 28, 2005Introduced in Senate
- Apr 28, 2005Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
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.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 2
- Nov 2, 2005S. 967, Prepackaged News Story Announcement of Act of 2005<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on October 20, 2005</p>
- Nov 2, 2005S. 967, Prepackaged News Story Announcement of Act of 2005Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on October 20, 2005
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. 109-1091 | S. 967, PREPACKAGED NEWS STORIES52 pages | Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee | May 12, 2005 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to ensure that prepackaged news stories contain announcements that inform viewers that the information within was provided by the United States Government, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Truth in Broadcasting Act of 2005
- Short Titles as Reported to Senate
- Prepackaged News Story Announcement Act of 2005
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 20, 2005Reported to Senate
- Apr 28, 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.