H.R. 9067

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9067 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 9067

To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to provide for a gender 
identity content descriptor for video programming, and for other 
purposes.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

May 29, 2026

Mr. Moore of Alabama introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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A BILL

To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to provide for a gender 
identity content descriptor for video programming, and for other 
purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. GENDER IDENTITY CONTENT DESCRIPTOR FOR VIDEO PROGRAMMING.

Title VII of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) 
is amended by adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 723. GENDER IDENTITY CONTENT DESCRIPTOR FOR VIDEO PROGRAMMING.

``(a) In General.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the 
enactment of this section, the Commission shall--
``(1) determine if the conditions of subsection (b) have 
been met; and
``(2) if the Commission determines under paragraph (1) that 
such conditions have not been met, promulgate regulations 
that--
``(A) establish a content descriptor for video 
programming that depicts, discusses, or promotes gender 
identity, gender transition, transgender identity, or 
non-binary identity; and
``(B) require distributors of video programming to 
transmit the content descriptor described in 
subparagraph (A)--
``(i) with any video programming that--
``(I) contains the content 
described in such subparagraph; and
``(II) is marketed to children 
(such as programming that is rated TV-
Y, TV-Y7, or TV-G under the TV Parental 
Guidelines); and
``(ii) in a manner that, to the maximum 
extent technically feasible, can be used with 
the feature described in section 303(x) 
(commonly known as the `V-chip') and other 
parental-control technologies.
``(b) Voluntary Compliance.--The conditions of this subsection are 
the following:
``(1) The TV Parental Guidelines have been revised so as to 
include a content descriptor for video programming that 
depicts, discusses, or promotes gender identity, gender 
transition, transgender identity, or non-binary identity.
``(2) The content descriptor described in paragraph (1) is 
being consistently transmitted with the rating under the TV 
Parental Guidelines for video programming that--
``(A) contains content described in such paragraph; 
and
``(B) is rated TV-Y, TV-Y7, or TV-G under the TV 
Parental Guidelines or is otherwise marketed to 
children.
``(c) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section may be 
construed to ban or censor any video programming.
``(d) TV Parental Guidelines Defined.--In this section, the term 
`TV Parental Guidelines' means the voluntary ratings (or any successor 
to such ratings) for video programming maintained by the TV Parental 
Guidelines Monitoring Board (or any successor to such Board).''.
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