US Congress Senate Bill 1354 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: Introduced on July 13 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-07-13 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Pending: Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Healthy Media for Youth Act - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to award grants to nonprofit organizations to provide for the establishment, operation, coordination, and evaluation of programs to: (1) increase the media literacy of girls and boys; and (2) support the empowerment of girls or boys, including through extracurricular activities and programs. Permits grants to nonprofit organizations only if the organization agrees to make nonfederal contributions available toward the costs of the program (at least $1 for every $5 of awarded federal funds). Directs the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and in coordination with the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Director of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, to review, synthesize, and conduct or support research on the role and impact of depictions of girls and women in the media on the psychological, sexual, physical, and interpersonal development of youth. Directs the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to convene a task force, to be known as the National Task Force on Girls and Women in the Media, to develop voluntary steps and goals for promoting healthy and positive depictions of girls and women in the media for the benefit of all youth.

Healthy Media for Youth Act

Sen. Kay Hagan [D-NC]	Sen. Barbara Boxer [D-CA]	Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D-NY]	Sen. Robert Menendez [D-NJ]
Sen. Barbara Mikulski [D-MD]	Sen. Jeanne Shaheen [D-NH]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-07-13	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

HB2513 (Same As) 2011-07-15 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/senate-bill/1354/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/s1354/BILLS-112s1354is.pdf