An amendment numbered 2 printed in House Report 108-436 to require the Government Accounting Office (GAO) to study the number of indecency complaints received by the FCC, the mechanisms established to receive and respond to complaints, and actions taken by the commission, and the time needed to issue a final decision.

1. Adds SEC. 11. GAO STUDY OF INDECENT BROADCASTING COMPLAINTS after section 10

   Adds a section

   Inserted: SEC. 11. GAO STUDY OF INDECENT BROADCASTING COMPLAINTS.

   Inserted: (a) Inquiry and Report Required.--The General Accounting Office shall conduct a study examining--

   Inserted: (1) the number of complaints concerning the broadcasting of obscene, indecent, and profane material to the Federal Communications Commission;

   Inserted: (2) the number of such complaints that result in final agency actions by the Commission;

   Inserted: (3) the length of time taken by the Commission in responding to such complaints;

   Inserted: (4) what mechanisms the Commission has established to receive, investigate, and respond to such complaints; and

   Inserted: (5) whether complainants to the Commission are adequately informed by the Commission of the responses to their complaints.

   Inserted: (b) Submission of Report.--The General Accounting Office shall submit a report on the results of such study within one year after the date of enactment of this Act to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives.

   Original wording

   After section 10 of the bill insert the following section (and redesignate the succeeding sections accordingly):

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