S. 1354 (112th): Healthy Media for Youth Act

Introduced:
Jul 13, 2011 (112th Congress, 2011–2013)
Sponsor:
Sen. Kay Hagan [D-NC]
Status:
Died (Referred to Committee)

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Status

This bill was introduced on July 13, 2011, in a previous session of Congress, but was not enacted.

Progress
Introduced Jul 13, 2011
Referred to Committee Jul 13, 2011
Cosponsors
5 cosponsors (5D) (show)
Committees

Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

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Full Title

A bill to authorize grants to promote media literacy and youth empowerment programs, to authorize research on the role and impact of depictions of girls and women in the media, to provide for the establishment of a National Task Force on Girls and Women in the Media, and for other purposes.

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Last updated Jul 13, 2011.
17 pages

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7/13/2011--Introduced.
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.

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