Senate bill · 105th Congress · Did not become law
Children's Protection from Violent Programming Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 26, 1997
- Committee actionMay 1, 1997
- Passed Senate—
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 25, 1997 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 182.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 363.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 105-89 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee on September 25, 1997.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 25, 1997 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/105/SRPT/89
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 363, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/s/363
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
027498513da774e98132daed8e9e197281397a75b49da34b95c684e5dc08926f
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
4 cosponsors — 4 Democrats
0 of 4 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Robert Byrd (D-WV), Byron Dorgan (D-ND), Wendell Ford (D-KY), Daniel Inouye (D-HI).
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 29, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.