US Congress House Bill 4925 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 53-1)
Status: Introduced on March 24 2010 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2010-03-24 - Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Pending: House Energy And Commerce 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 in a variety of ways. Permits giving priority to grant applicants providing non-federal matching 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

Rep. Michael Arcuri [D-NY]	Sen. Tammy Baldwin [D-WI]	Rep. Shelley Berkley [D-NV]	Sen. Shelley Capito [R-WV]
Rep. Lois Capps [D-CA]	Rep. Russ Carnahan [D-MO]	Rep. Travis Childers [D-MS]	Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]
Rep. Lacy Clay [D-MO]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. Susan Davis [D-CA]	Rep. Michael Doyle [D-PA]
Rep. Anna Eshoo [D-CA]	Rep. Bob Filner [D-CA]	Rep. Barney Frank [D-MA]	Rep. Marcia Fudge [D-OH]
Rep. John Garamendi [D-CA]	Rep. Charles Gonzalez [D-TX]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]
Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin [D-SD]	Rep. Tim Holden [D-PA]	Rep. Michael Honda [D-CA]	Rep. Eddie Johnson [D-TX]
Rep. Mary Kilroy [D-OH]	Rep. Suzanne Kosmas [D-FL]	Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]
Rep. Daniel Maffei [D-NY]	Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY]	Rep. Carolyn McCarthy [D-NY]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]
Rep. Dennis Moore [D-KS]	Rep. James Moran [D-VA]	Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]	Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]
Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Nick Rahall [D-WV]	Rep. Laura Richardson [D-CA]	Rep. Steven Rothman [D-NJ]
Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]	Rep. Linda Sanchez [D-CA]	Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]	Rep. Robert Scott [D-VA]
Rep. Jackie Speier [D-CA]	Rep. Fortney Stark [D-CA]	Rep. Dina Titus [D-NV]	Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]
Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]	Rep. Edolphus Towns [D-NY]	Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D-FL]	Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]
Rep. Lynn Woolsey [D-CA]	Rep. John Yarmuth [D-KY]

Date	Chamber	Action
2010-03-24		Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

SB3852 (Related) 2010-09-28 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/house-bill/4925/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/hr4925/BILLS-111hr4925ih.pdf