‘‘SEC. 715. UNLAWFUL DISTRIBUTION OF VIOLENT VIDEO 
PROGRAMMING 
NOT 
SPECIFICALLY 
BLOCKABLE BY ELECTRONIC MEANS. 
‘‘(a) UNLAWFUL DISTRIBUTION.—It shall be unlaw-
ful for any person to distribute to the public any violent 
video programming not blockable by electronic means spe-
cifically on the basis of its violent content during hours 
when children are reasonably likely to comprise a substan-
tial portion of the audience. 
‘‘(b) RULEMAKING PROCEEDING.—The Commission 
shall conduct a rulemaking proceeding to implement the 
provisions of this section and shall promulgate final regu-
lations pursuant to that proceeding not later than 9 
months after the date of enactment of the Children’s Pro-
tection from Violent Programming Act. As part of that 
proceeding, the Commission—
‘‘(1) may exempt from the prohibition under 
subsection (a) programming (including news pro-
grams and sporting events) whose distribution does 
not conflict with the objective of protecting children 
from the negative influences of violent video pro-
gramming, as that objective is reflected in the find-
ings in section 551(a) of the Telecommunications 
Act of 1996;
‘‘(2) shall exempt premium and pay-per-view 
cable programming and premium and pay-per-view 
direct-to-home satellite programming; and 
‘‘(3) shall define the term ‘hours when children 
are reasonably likely to comprise a substantial por-
tion of the audience’ and the term ‘violent video pro-
gramming’. 
‘‘(c) ENFORCEMENT.—
‘‘(1) FORFEITURE
PENALTY.—The forfeiture 
penalties established by section 503(b) for violations 
of section 1464 of title 18, United States Code, shall 
apply to a violation of this section, or any regulation 
promulgated under it in the same manner as if a 
violation of this section, or such a regulation, were 
a violation of law subject to a forfeiture penalty 
under that section 503. 
‘‘(2) LICENSE
REVOCATION.—If a person re-
peatedly violates this section or any regulation pro-
mulgated under this section, the Commission shall, 
after notice and opportunity for hearing, revoke any 
license issued to that person under this Act. 
‘‘(3) LICENSE
RENEWALS.—The Commission 
shall consider, among the elements in its review of 
an application for renewal of a license under this 
Act, whether the licensee has complied with this sec-
tion and the regulations promulgated under this sec-
tion. 
‘‘(d) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section—
‘‘(1) BLOCKABLE
BY
ELECTRONIC
MEANS.—
The term ‘blockable by electronic means’ means 
blockable by the feature described in section 303(x). 
‘‘(2) 
DISTRIBUTE.—The 
term 
‘distribute’ 
means to send, transmit, retransmit, telecast, broad-
cast, or cablecast, including by wire, microwave, or 
satellite, but it does not include the transmission, re-
transmission, or receipt of any voice, data, graphics, 
or video telecommunications accessed through an 
interactive computer service as defined in section 
230(f)(2) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 
U.S.C. 230(f)(2)), which is not originated or trans-
mitted in the ordinary course of business by a tele-
vision broadcast station or multichannel video pro-
gramming distributor as defined in section 602(13) 
of that Act (47 U.S.C. 522(13)). 
‘‘(3) VIOLENT
VIDEO
PROGRAMMING.—The 
term ‘violent video programming’ as defined by the 
Commission may include matter that is excessive or 
gratuitous violence within the meaning of the 1992 
Broadcast Standards for the Depiction of Violence 
in Television Programs, December 1992.’’.
SEC. 5. FTC STUDY OF MARKETING STRATEGY IMPROVE-
MENTS. 
The Federal Trade Commission shall continue to 
study the marketing of violent content by the motion pic-
ture, music recording, and computer and video game in-
dustries to children, including the improvements to mar-
keting practices developed and implemented by those in-
dustries. The Commission shall update its study and re-
port annually, including findings and recommendations, to 
the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Trans-
portation and the House of Representatives Committee on 
Energy and Commerce. 
SEC. 6. SEPARABILITY. 
If any provision of this Act, or any provision of an 
amendment made by this Act, or the application thereof 
to particular persons or circumstances, is found to be un-
constitutional, the remainder of this Act or that amend-
ment, or the application thereof to other persons or cir-
cumstances shall not be affected. 
SEC. 7. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
The prohibition contained in section 715 of the Com-
munications Act of 1934 (as added by section 4 of this 
Act) and the regulations promulgated thereunder shall 
take effect 1 year after the regulations are adopted by the 
Commission.
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