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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; AMENDMENT REFERENCES.

    (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``National Fish and 
Wildlife Foundation Establishment Act Amendments of 1998''.
    (b) Amendment of National Fish and Wildlife Foundation 
Establishment Act.--Except as otherwise expressly provided, whenever in 
this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an amendment 
to, or repeal of, a section or other provision, the reference shall be 
considered to be made to a section or other provision of the National 
Fish and Wildlife Foundation Establishment Act (16 U.S.C. 3701 et 
seq.).

SEC. 2. MEMBERSHIP OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE FOUNDATION.

    (a) Amendments.--Section 3 (16 U.S.C. 3702) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 
                striking ``15'' and inserting ``22'';
                    (B) in paragraph (1), by striking ``six'' and 
                inserting ``4'', and by striking ``and'' after the 
                semicolon at the end;
                    (C) in paragraph (2) by striking the period at the 
                end and inserting ``; and'';
                    (D) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following:
            ``(3) 4 of whom must be knowledgeable and experienced in 
        ocean and coastal resource conservation.''; and
                    (E) in the material following paragraph (3) (as so 
                added), by striking ``shall be'' and inserting ``and 
                the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and 
                Atmosphere shall each be''; and
            (2) by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:
    ``(b) Appointment and Terms.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary of the Interior (in this 
        Act referred to as the `Secretary') shall appoint the Directors 
        of the Board, after considering recommendations from the Board 
        under paragraph (4). The Secretary of the Interior shall 
        consult with the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and 
        Atmosphere before appointing any Director of the Board.
            ``(2) Terms.--The Directors shall be appointed for terms of 
        6 years; except that the Secretary, in making the initial 
        appointments to the Board, shall appoint 3 Directors to a term 
        of 2 years, 2 Directors to a term of 4 years, and 2 Directors 
        to a term of 6 years. No individual may serve more than 2 
        consecutive full terms as a Director.
            ``(3) Vacancies.--A vacancy on the Board shall be filled 
        within 60 days after the occurrence of the vacancy. Any 
        individual appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the 
        expiration of any term of office shall be appointed for the 
        remainder of that term.
            ``(4) Nomination of appointees.--The Board may recommend to 
        the Secretary individuals to be appointed as Directors of the 
        Board.''.
    (b) Application.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall apply 
to any appointment of a Director of the Board of the National Fish and 
Wildlife Foundation on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.
    (c) Appointment of Additional Members.--
            (1) Nominations.--The Board of Directors on the National 
        Fish and Wildlife Foundation shall submit any recommendations 
        of individuals for appointment to positions on the Board 
        created by the amendment made by subsection (a)(1) by not later 
        than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.
            (2) Staggered terms.--Of the Directors on the Board of 
        Directors of the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation first 
        appointed pursuant to the amendment made by subsection (a)(1)--
                    (A) 3 shall be appointed to a term that expires 
                December 31, 1999;
                    (B) 2 shall be appointed to a term that expires 
                December 31, 2001; and
                    (C) 2 shall be appointed to a term that expires 
                December 31, 2003,
        as specified by the Secretary of the Interior at the time of 
        appointment.

SEC. 3. RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE FOUNDATION.

    (a) Investment and Deposit of Federal Funds.--Section 4(c) (16 
U.S.C. 3703(c)) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating paragraphs (3) through (7) in order as 
        paragraphs (8) through (12); and
            (2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following:
            ``(3) to invest any funds provided to the Foundation by the 
        Federal Government in obligations of the United States or in 
        obligations or securities that are guaranteed or insured by the 
        United States;
            ``(4) to deposit any funds provided to the Foundation by 
        the Federal Government into accounts that are insured by an 
        agency or instrumentality of the United States;
            ``(5) to make use of any interest or investment income that 
        accrues as a consequence of actions taken under paragraph (3) 
        or (4) to carry out the purposes of the Foundation;
            ``(6) to provide Federal funds for the purpose of entering 
        into cooperative agreements with willing private landowners for 
        restoration and enhancement of fish, wildlife, and other 
        natural resources on public or private land, or both, if such 
        cooperative agreements--
                    ``(A) provide general conservation benefits; or
                    ``(B) benefit fish, wildlife, or other natural 
                resources on public land;
            ``(7) to accept and manage funds provided by any Federal 
        agency under any other law when it is in the public 
        interest;''.
    (b) Agency Approval of Acquisitions of Property.--Section 4(e) (16 
U.S.C. 3703(e)) is amended--
            (1) by amending paragraph (1)(B) to read as follows:
            ``(B) the Foundation notifies the Federal agency that 
        administers the program under which the funds were provided of 
        the proposed acquisition, and the agency fails to object in 
        writing to the proposed acquisition within 60 days after the 
        date of that notification.''; and
            (2) in paragraph (2), by striking ``the Director'' and 
        inserting ``the head of the Federal agency that administers the 
        program under which the funds were provided''.
    (c) Repeal.--Section 304 of Public Law 102-440 (16 U.S.C. 3703 
note) is repealed.
    (d) Agency Approval of Conveyances and Grants.--Section 
4(e)(3)(B)(ii) (16 U.S.C. 3703(e)(3)(B)(ii)) is amended to read as 
follows:
            ``(ii) the Foundation notifies the Federal agency that 
        administers the Federal program under which the funds were 
        provided of the proposed conveyance or provision of Federal 
        funds, and the head of the agency fails to object in writing to 
        such proposed conveyance or provision of Federal funds within 
        60 days after the date of that notification.''.
    (e) Reconveyance of Real Property.--Section 4(e)(5) (16 U.S.C. 
3703(e)(5)) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(5) The Foundation shall convey at not less than fair market 
value any real property acquired by it in whole or in part with Federal 
funds if the Foundation notifies the Federal agency that administers 
the Federal program under which the funds were provided, and the agency 
fails to disagree within 60 days after the date of that notification, 
that--
            ``(A) the property is no longer valuable for the purposes 
        of fish and wildlife conservation or management; and
            ``(B) the purposes of the Foundation would be better served 
        by the use of the proceeds of the conveyance for authorized 
        activities of the Foundation.''.
    (f) Termination of Condemnation Limitation; Expenditures for 
Printing or Capital Equipment.--Section 4(d) (16 U.S.C. 3703(d)) is 
amended to read as follows:
    ``(d) Expenditures for Printing or Capital Equipment.--The 
Foundation may not make an expenditure of Federal funds for printing or 
capital equipment that is greater than $10,000 unless the expenditure 
is approved by the Federal agency that administers the Federal program 
under which the funds were provided.''.

SEC. 4. MATCHING REQUIREMENT.

    Section 10(b)(1) (16 U.S.C. 3709(b)(1)) is amended by striking 
``matching, in whole or in part,'' and inserting ``matching, on a one-
to-one basis,''.

SEC. 5. RESTRICTIONS ON USE OF GRANTS PROVIDED BY FOUNDATION.

    Section 10(b) (16 U.S.C. 3709(b)) is amended by adding at the end 
the following:
    ``(3)(A) Amounts provided as a grant by the Foundation shall not be 
used for--
            ``(i) expenses related to litigation; or
            ``(ii) any activity the purpose of which is to influence 
        legislation pending before the Congress.
    ``(B) Subparagraph (A)(ii) shall not be considered to prohibit 
officers or employees of the Foundation from communicating to Members 
or staff of Congress requests for legislation that they consider 
necessary for the efficient conduct of the business of the Foundation 
or that relates to the authority of the Foundation, appropriations for 
use by the Foundation, or use of Federal funds by the Foundation.
    ``(4) Amounts provided as a grant by the Foundation shall not be 
used for any activity related to the introduction of wolves or grizzly 
bears in Idaho, Montana, Utah, or Wyoming.''.

SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    (a) In General.--Section 10(a) (16 U.S.C. 3709(a)) is amended to 
read as follows:
    ``(a) Authorization.--There are authorized to be appropriated to 
the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Commerce, in the 
aggregate, $25,000,000 for fiscal year 1999.''.
    (b) Repeal.--Section 10(c) (16 U.S.C. 3709(c)) is repealed.
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National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Establishment Act Amendments of 1998 - Amends the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Establishment Act to increase the number of members of the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation's Board of Directors.  Provides for four directors experienced in ocean and coastal resources conservation and adds the Under Secretary for Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere as a nonvoting member. 
Expands Foundation powers to include the right to:  (1) invest and deposit Federal funds; and (2) provide Federal funds to enter into agreements with private landowners for fish, wildlife, and natural resource restoration and enhancement on public and private lands. 
Revises certain limitations on the use of Federal funds by the Foundation to acquire interests in, convey, or grant such funds to another for, real property to allow such activities if the Foundation notifies the Federal agency that administers the program under which the funds were provided of the proposed activity and the agency fails to object within a certain time period. 
Removes a limitation on the condemnation of Foundation lands by State or local entities.  Prohibits the use of Foundation grants for litigation expenses, activities to influence legislation pending before the Congress, or for activities related to the introduction of wolves or grizzly bears in Idaho, Montana, Utah, or Wyoming. 
Extends the authorization of appropriations for the Foundation through FY 1999. 
Repeals a provision that states that amounts authorized under the Act are in addition to any provided for the Foundation under other Federal laws.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Senator Paul Simon Water for the 
Poor Enhancement Act of 2008''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) The Senator Paul Simon Water for the Poor Act of 2005 
        (Public Law 109-121)--
                    (A) makes access to safe water and sanitation for 
                developing countries a specific policy objective of 
                United States foreign assistance programs;
                    (B) requires the Secretary of State to--
                            (i) develop a strategy to elevate the role 
                        of water and sanitation policy; and
                            (ii) improve the effectiveness of United 
                        States assistance programs undertaken in 
                        support of that strategy;
                    (C) codifies Target 10 of the United Nations 
                Millennium Development Goals; and
                    (D) seeks to reduce the proportion of people who 
                are unable to reach or afford safe drinking water and 
                basic sanitation by 50 percent by 2015.
            (2) On December 20, 2006, the United Nations General 
        Assembly, in GA Resolution 61/192, declared 2008 as the 
        International Year of Sanitation, in recognition of the impact 
        of sanitation on public health, poverty reduction, economic and 
        social development, and the environment.
            (3) On August 1, 2008, Congress passed H. Con. Res. 318, 
        which--
                    (A) supports the goals and ideals of the 
                International Year of Sanitation; and
                    (B) recognizes the importance of sanitation on 
                public health, poverty reduction, economic and social 
                development, and the environment.
            (4) While progress is being made on safe water and 
        sanitation efforts--
                    (A) more than 884,000,000 people throughout the 
                world lack access to safe drinking water; and
                    (B) 2 of every 5 people in the world do not have 
                access to basic sanitation services.
            (5) The health consequences of unsafe drinking water and 
        poor sanitation are staggering, accounting for--
                    (A) nearly 10 percent of the global burden of 
                disease; and
                    (B) more than 2,000,000 deaths each year.
            (6) The effects of climate change are expected to produce 
        severe consequences for water availability and resource 
        management in the future, with 2,800,000,000 people in more 
        than 48 countries expected to face severe and chronic water 
        shortages by 2025.
            (7) The impact of water scarcity on conflict and 
        instability is evident in many parts of the world, including 
        the Darfur region of Sudan, where demand for water resources 
        has contributed to armed conflict between nomadic ethnic groups 
        and local farming communities.
            (8) In order to further the United States contribution to 
        safe water and sanitation efforts, it is necessary to--
                    (A) expand foreign assistance capacity to address 
                the challenges described in this section; and
                    (B) represent issues related to water and 
                sanitation at the highest levels of United States 
                foreign assistance deliberations, including 
                deliberations related to issues of global health, food 
                security, the environment, global warming, and maternal 
                and child mortality.

SEC. 3. PURPOSE.

    The purpose of this Act is to enhance the capacity of the United 
States Government to fully implement the Senator Paul Simon Water for 
the Poor Act of 2005 (Public Law 109-121).

SEC. 4. DEVELOPING UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT CAPACITY.

    Section 135 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151h) 
is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(e) Office of Water.--
            ``(1) Establishment.--To carry out the purposes of 
        subsection (a), the Administrator of the United States Agency 
        for International Development shall establish the Office of 
        Water.
            ``(2) Leadership.--The Office of Water shall be headed by 
        an Assistant Administrator for Safe Water and Sanitation, who 
        shall report directly to the Administrator.
            ``(3) Duties.--The Assistant Administrator shall--
                    ``(A) implement this section and the Senator Paul 
                Simon Water for the Poor Act of 2005 (Public Law 109-
                121); and
                    ``(B) place primary emphasis on providing safe, 
                affordable, and sustainable drinking water, sanitation, 
                and hygiene.
    ``(f) Bureau of International Water.--
            ``(1) Establishment.--To increase the capacity of the 
        Department of State to address international issues regarding 
        safe water, sanitation, and other international water programs, 
        the Secretary of State shall establish the Bureau for 
        International Water within the Office of the Under Secretary 
        for Democracy and Global Affairs (referred to in this 
        subsection as the `Bureau').
            ``(2) Duties.--The Bureau shall--
                    ``(A) oversee and coordinate the diplomatic policy 
                of the United States Government with respect to global 
                freshwater issues, including--
                            ``(i) access to safe drinking water and 
                        sanitation;
                            ``(ii) river basin and watershed 
                        management;
                            ``(iii) transboundary conflict;
                            ``(iv) agricultural and urban productivity 
                        of water resources;
                            ``(v) pollution mitigation; and
                            ``(vi) adaptation to hydrologic change due 
                        to climate variability; and
                    ``(B) ensure that international freshwater issues 
                are represented--
                            ``(i) within the United States Government; 
                        and
                            ``(ii) in key diplomatic, development, and 
                        scientific efforts with other nations and 
                        multilateral organizations.''.

SEC. 5. SAFE WATER AND SANITATION STRATEGY.

    Section 6(e) of the Senator Paul Simon Water for the Poor Act of 
2005 (Public Law 109-121) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (5), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) in paragraph (6), by striking the period at the end and 
        inserting a semicolon; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(7) an assessment of the extent to which the United 
        States Government's efforts are reaching the goal described in 
        section 135(a)(2) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 
        U.S.C. 2152h(a)(2)); and
            ``(8) recommendations on what the United States Government 
        would need to do to help achieve the goal referred to in 
        paragraph (7) if the United States Government's efforts were 
        proportional to its share of the world's economy.''.

SEC. 6. DEVELOPING LOCAL CAPACITY.

    The Senator Paul Simon Water for the Poor Act of 2005 (Public Law 
109-121) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating sections 9, 10, and 11 as sections 10, 
        11, and 12, respectively; and
            (2) by inserting after section 8 the following:

``SEC. 9. WATER AND SANITATION MANAGERS TRAINING PROGRAM.

    ``(a) Establishment.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary of State and the 
        Administrator of the United States Agency for International 
        Development shall establish, in every priority country, a 
        program to train local, in-country water and sanitation 
        managers, and other officials of countries that receive 
        assistance under section 135 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
        1961 to promote the capacity of recipient governments to 
        provide affordable, equitable, and sustainable access to safe 
        drinking water and sanitation.
            ``(2) Coordination.--The program established under 
        subsection (a) shall be coordinated by the lead country water 
        manager designated in subsection (c)(2).
            ``(3) Expansion.--The Secretary and Administrator may 
        establish the program described in this section in additional 
        countries if the receipt of such training would be most 
        beneficial, with due consideration given to good governance.
    ``(b) Designation.--The United States Chief of Mission within each 
country receiving a `high priority' designation under section 6(f) 
shall--
            ``(1) designate safe drinking water and sanitation as a 
        strategic objective;
            ``(2) appoint an in-country water and sanitation manager 
        within the Mission to coordinate the in-country implementation 
        of this Act and section 135 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
        1961 with local water managers, local government officials, the 
        Department of State, and the Office of Water of the United 
        States Agency for International Development; and
            ``(3) coordinate with the Development Credit Authority and 
        the Global Development Alliance to further the purposes of this 
        Act.''.

SEC. 7. GRANTS FOR LOW COST CLEAN WATER AND SANITATION TECHNOLOGIES.

    Section 135(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act (22 U.S.C. 2152h(c)) 
is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (3), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) in paragraph (4), by striking the period at the end; 
        and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(5) provide grants through the United States Agency for 
        International Development to foster the development of low cost 
        and sustainable technologies for providing clean water and 
        sanitation that are suitable for use in high priority 
        countries, particularly in places with limited resources and 
        infrastructure.''.

SEC. 8. UPDATED REPORT REGARDING WATER FOR PEACE AND SECURITY.

    Section 11(b) of the Senator Paul Simon Water for the Poor Act of 
2005, as redesignated by section 6, is amended by adding at the end the 
following: ``The report submitted under this subsection shall include 
an assessment of current and likely future political tensions over 
water sources and an assessment of the expected impacts of global 
climate change on water supplies in 10, 25, and 50 years.''.

SEC. 9. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There are authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2009 and 
each subsequent fiscal year such sums as may be necessary to carry out 
this Act and the amendments made by this Act.

SEC. 10. CONSTRUCTION.

    This Act shall be implemented in a manner consistent with the 
Senator Paul Simon Water for the Poor Act of 2005 (Public Law 109-121). 
Nothing in this Act shall be construed in such a way as to override or 
take precedence over the implementation of that Act.
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Senator Paul Simon Water for the Poor Enhancement Act of 2008 - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to direct the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to establish the Office of Water which shall: (1) implement the Senator Paul Simon Water for the Poor Act of 2005; and (2) place primary emphasis on providing safe drinking water, sanitation, and hygiene.

Directs the Secretary of State to establish the Bureau for International Water within the Office of the Under Secretary for Democracy and Global Affairs which shall: (1) coordinate U.S. diplomatic policy regarding global freshwater issues; and (2) ensure that international freshwater issues are represented within the U.S. government.

Amends the Senator Paul Simon Water for the Poor Act of 2005 to: (1) direct the Secretary and the Administrator to establish in every priority country a program to train local water and sanitation managers to promote government capacity to provide access to safe drinking water and sanitation; and (2) require that the water for peace and security report includes an assessment of current and likely future political tensions over water sources and an assessment of the future impacts of global climate change on water supplies.

Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize grants through USAID to develop technologies for providing clean water and sanitation in high priority countries with limited resources and infrastructure.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Childrens' Media Protection Act of 
1995''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress makes the following findings:
            (1) On average, a child in the United States is exposed to 
        27 hours of television each week, and some children are exposed 
        to as much as 11 hours of television each day.
            (2) The average American child watches 8,000 murders and 
        100,000 acts of other violence on television by the time the 
        child completes elementary school.
            (3) By the age of 18 years, the average American teenager 
        has watched 200,000 acts of violence on television, including 
        40,000 murders.
            (4) The Times Mirror Center reports that a recent poll of 
        Americans indicates that 72 percent of the American people 
        believe that there is too much violence on television, and, 
        according to a survey by U.S. News and World Report dated May 
        1994, 91 percent of American voters believe that mayhem in the 
        media contributes to violence in real life.
            (5) On several occasions since 1975, The Journal of the 
        American Medical Association has alerted the medical community 
        to the adverse effects of televised violence on child 
        development, including an increase in the level of aggressive 
        behavior and violent behavior among children who view it.
            (6) The National Commission on Children recommended in 1991 
        that producers of television programs exercise greater 
        restraint in the content of programming for children.
            (7) A report of the Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation, 
        dated May 1993, indicates that there is an irrefutable 
        connection between the amount of violence depicted in the 
        television programs watched by children and increased 
        aggressive behavior among children.
            (8) It is in the National interest that parents be 
        empowered with the technology to block the viewing of 
        television programs whose content is overly violent or 
        objectionable for other reasons.
            (9) Technology currently exists to permit the manufacture 
        of television receivers that are capable of permitting parents 
        to block television programs having violent or otherwise 
        objectionable content.

SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF TELEVISION VIOLENCE RATING CODE.

    Section 303 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 303) is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(v) Prescribe, in consultation with television broadcasters, 
cable operators, appropriate public interest groups, and interested 
individuals from the private sector, rules for rating the level of 
violence in television programming, including rules for the 
transmission by television broadcast systems and cable systems of 
signals containing specifications for blocking violent programming.''.

SEC. 4. REQUIREMENT FOR MANUFACTURE OF TELEVISIONS THAT BLOCK PROGRAMS.

    Section 303 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 303), as 
amended by section 3, is further amended by adding at the end the 
following:
    ``(w) Require, in the case of apparatus designed to receive 
television signals that are manufactured in the United States or 
imported for use in the United States and that have a picture screen 13 
inches or greater in size (measured diagonally), that such apparatus--
            ``(1) be equipped with circuitry designed to enable viewers 
        to block the display of channels, programs, and time slots; and
            ``(2) enable viewers to block display of all programs with 
        a common rating.''.

SEC. 5. SHIPPING OR IMPORTING OF TELEVISIONS THAT BLOCK PROGRAMS.

    (a) Regulations.--Section 330 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 
U.S.C. 330) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d); and
            (2) by adding after subsection (b) the following new 
        subsection (c):
    ``(c)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), no person shall ship 
in interstate commerce, manufacture, assemble, or import from any 
foreign country into the United States any apparatus described in 
section 303(w) of this Act except in accordance with rules prescribed 
by the Commission pursuant to the authority granted by that section.
    ``(2) This subsection shall not apply to carriers transporting 
apparatus referred to in paragraph (1) without trading it.
    ``(3) The rules prescribed by the Commission under this subsection 
shall provide performance standards for blocking technology. Such rules 
shall require that all such apparatus be able to receive the rating 
signals which have been transmitted by way of line 21 of the vertical 
blanking interval and which conform to the signal and blocking 
specifications established by the Commission.
    ``(4) As new video technology is developed, the Commission shall 
take such action as the Commission determines appropriate to ensure 
that blocking service continues to be available to consumers.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 330(d) of such Act, as 
redesignated by subsection (a)(1), is amended by striking ``section 
303(s), and section 303(u)'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``and 
sections 303(s), 303(u), and 303(w)''.

SEC. 6. ELIMINATION OF VIOLENT PROGRAMMING ON TELEVISION DURING CERTAIN 
              HOURS.

    Title I of the Children's Television Act of 1990 (47 U.S.C. 303a et 
seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:

                  ``prohibition on violent programming

    ``Sec. 105. (a) The Commission shall, within 30 days of the date of 
the enactment of this Act, initiate a rule-making proceeding to 
prescribe a prohibition on the broadcast on commercial television and 
by public telecommunications entities, including the broadcast by cable 
operators, from the hours of 6 a.m. to 10 p.m., inclusive, of 
programming that contains gratuitous violence.
    ``(b) As used in this section:
            ``(1) The term `cable operator' has the meaning given such 
        term in section 602 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 
        U.S.C. 522).
            ``(2) The term `programming' includes advertisements but 
        does not include bona fide newscasts, bona fide news 
        interviews, bona fide news documentaries, and on-the-spot 
        coverage of bona fide news events.
            ``(3) The term `public telecommunications entity' has the 
        meaning given such term in section 397(12) of the 
        Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 397(12)).''.

SEC. 7. BROADCAST ON TELEVISION AND CABLE OF EDUCATIONAL AND 
              INFORMATIONAL PROGRAMMING FOR CHILDREN.

    (a) Broadcast Television.--Section 309 of the Communications Act of 
1934 (47 U.S.C. 309) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(k) Educational and Information Programming for Children.--In 
granting an application for a license for a television broadcasting 
station (including an application for renewal of such a license), the 
Commission shall impose such conditions upon the applicant as the 
Commission requires in order to ensure that the applicant complies 
under the license with the standards for children's television 
programming established under section 102 of the Children's Television 
Act of 1990 (47 U.S.C. 303a) and otherwise serves the educational and 
informational needs of children through its overall programming.''.
    (b) Cable Service.--Part III of title VI of the Communications Act 
of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 541 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the 
following:

         ``educational and information programming for children

    ``Sec. 629. A franchise, including the renewal of a franchise, may 
not be awarded under this part unless the cable operator to be awarded 
the franchise agrees to comply with the standards for children's 
television programming established under section 102 of the Children's 
Television Act of 1990 (47 U.S.C. 303a) and to otherwise serve the 
educational and informational needs of children in the provision of 
cable service under the franchise.''.
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Childrens' Media Protection Act of 1995 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to direct the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to: (1)  prescribe rules for the rating of violence levels in television programming, including rules for the transmission of signals containing specifications for blocking violent programming; and (2) require television sets with picture screens of 13 inches or more to be equipped with blocking circuitry and enable viewers to block display of all programs with a common rating.  Prohibits any person from shipping, manufacturing, assembling, or importing any television not so equipped.  Requires performance standards for blocking technology. 
(Sec. 6) Directs the FCC to initiate a rulemaking proceeding to prescribe a prohibition on the broadcast on commercial television and any public telecommunications entities between six o'clock a.m. and ten o'clock p.m., inclusively, of programming that contains gratuitous violence. 
(Sec. 7) Directs the FCC, in granting an application for a television broadcast license, to impose conditions which ensure that the applicant complies with the standards for children's television programming as established under the Children's Television Act of 1990 and otherwise serves the educational and informational needs of children through its overall programming.  Prohibits a cable franchise award or renewal unless the cable operator complies with such standards.