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

[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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