(6) The number of forfeiture orders issued pur-
suant to section 503(b) of such Act during the year 
covered by the report to enforce the statutes, rules, 
and policies prohibiting the broadcasting of obscene, 
indecent, or profane material. 
(7) For each such forfeiture order, a statement 
of— 
(A) the amount assessed by the final for-
feiture order; 
(B) the program, station, and corporate 
parent to which it was issued; 
(C) whether the licensee has paid the for-
feiture order; and 
(D) the amount paid by the licensee. 
(8) In instances where the licensee has refused 
to pay, whether the Commission referred such order 
to the Department of Justice to collect the penalty. 
(9) In cases where the Commission referred 
such order to the Department of Justice— 
(A) the number of days from the date the 
Commission issued such order to the date the 
Commission referred such order to the Depart-
ment; 
(B) whether the Department has com-
menced an action to collect the penalty, and if
such action was commenced, the number of 
days from the date the Commission referred 
such order to the Department to the date the 
action by the Department commenced; and 
(C) whether the collection action resulted 
in a payment, and if such action resulted in a 
payment, the amount of such payment. 
SEC. 11. GAO STUDY OF INDECENT BROADCASTING COM-
PLAINTS. 
(a) INQUIRY AND REPORT REQUIRED.—The General 
Accounting Office shall conduct a study examining— 
(1) the number of complaints concerning the 
broadcasting of obscene, indecent, and profane mate-
rial to the Federal Communications Commission; 
(2) the number of such complaints that result 
in final agency actions by the Commission; 
(3) the length of time taken by the Commission 
in responding to such complaints; 
(4) what mechanisms the Commission has es-
tablished to receive, investigate, and respond to such 
complaints; and 
(5) whether complainants to the Commission 
are adequately informed by the Commission of the 
responses to their complaints.
(b) SUBMISSION OF REPORT.—The General Account-
ing Office shall submit a report on the results of such 
study within one year after the date of enactment of this 
Act to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Trans-
portation of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and 
Commerce of the House of Representatives. 
SEC. 12. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS. 
(a) REINSTATEMENT OF POLICY.—It is the sense of 
the Congress that the broadcast television station licensees 
should reinstitute a family viewing policy for broadcasters. 
(b) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section, a 
family viewing policy is a policy similar to the policy that 
existed in the United States from 1975 to 1983, as part 
of the National Association of Broadcaster’s code of con-
duct for television, and that included the concept of a fam-
ily viewing hour. 
SEC. 13. IMPLEMENTATION. 
(a) REGULATIONS.—The Commission shall prescribe 
regulations to implement the amendments made by this 
Act within 180 days after the date of enactment of this 
Act. 
(b) PROSPECTIVE APPLICATION.—This Act and the 
amendments made by this Act shall not apply with respect 
to material broadcast before the date of enactment of this 
Act.
(c) SEPARABILITY.—Section 708 of the Communica-
tions Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 608) shall apply to this Act 
and the amendments made by this Act. 
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