SEC. 9. LICENSE REVOCATION FOR VIOLATIONS OF INDE-
CENCY PROHIBITIONS. 
Section 312 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 
U.S.C. 312) is amended by adding at the end the following 
new subsection: 
‘‘(h) LICENSE REVOCATION FOR VIOLATIONS OF IN-
DECENCY PROHIBITIONS.— 
‘‘(1) CONSEQUENCES
OF
MULTIPLE
VIOLA-
TIONS.—If, in each of 3 or more proceedings during 
the term of any broadcast license, the Commission 
issues a notice under paragraph (3) or (4) of section 
503(b) to a broadcast station licensee or permittee 
with respect to a broadcast station looking toward 
the imposition of a forfeiture penalty under this Act 
based on an allegation that such broadcast station 
broadcast obscene, indecent, or profane material, 
and in each such proceeding either— 
‘‘(A) such forfeiture penalty has been paid, 
or 
‘‘(B) a court of competent jurisdiction has 
ordered payment of such forfeiture penalty, and 
such order has become final, 
then the Commission shall commence a proceeding 
under subsection (a) of this section to consider 
whether the Commission should revoke the station li-
cense or construction permit of that licensee or per-
mittee for such station. 
‘‘(2) PRESERVATION OF AUTHORITY.—Nothing 
in this subsection shall be construed to limit the au-
thority of the Commission to commence a proceeding 
under subsection (a).’’. 
SEC. 10. REQUIRED CONTENTS OF ANNUAL REPORTS OF 
THE COMMISSION. 
Each calendar year beginning after the date of enact-
ment of this Act, the Federal Communications Commis-
sion shall submit to the Congress an annual report that 
includes the following: 
(1) The number of complaints received by the 
Commission during the year covered by the report 
alleging that a broadcast contained obscene, inde-
cent, or profane material, and the number of pro-
grams to which such complaints relate. 
(2) The number of those complaints that have 
been dismissed or denied by the Commission. 
(3) The number of complaints that have re-
mained pending at the end of the year covered by 
the annual report. 
(4) The number of notices issued by the Com-
mission under paragraph (3) or (4) of section 503(b) 
of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C.
503(b)) during the year covered by the report to en-
force the statutes, rules, and policies prohibiting the 
broadcasting of obscene, indecent, or profane mate-
rial. 
(5) For each such notice, a statement of— 
(A) the amount of the proposed forfeiture; 
(B) the program, station, and corporate 
parent to which the notice was issued; 
(C) the length of time between the date on 
which the complaint was filed and the date on 
which the notice was issued; and 
(D) the status of the proceeding. 
(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