Sec. 102. standards for children's television programming
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## Sec. 102 standards for children's television programming **[**[47 U.S.C. 303a](/us/usc/t47/s303a)**]** ###
(a)The Commission shall, within 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, initiate a rulemaking proceeding to prescribe standards applicable to commercial television broadcast licensees with respect to the time devoted to commercial matter in conjunction with children's television programming. The Commission shall, within 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, complete the rulemaking proceeding and prescribe final standards that meet the requirements of subsection (b). ###
(b)Except as provided in subsection (c), the standards prescribed under subsection
(a)shall include the requirement that each commercial television broadcast licensee shall limit the duration of advertising in children's television programming to not more than 10.5 minutes per hour on weekends and not more than 12 minutes per hour on weekdays. ###
(c)After January 1, 1993, the Commission— ####
(1)may review and evaluate the advertising duration limitations required by subsection (b); and ####
(2)may, after notice and public comment and a demonstration of the need for modification of such limitations, modify such limitations in accordance with the public interest. ###
(d)As used in this section, the term “**commercial television broadcast licensee**” includes a cable operator, as defined in section 602 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 522).
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