File #: Res 1202-2000    Version: * Name: Ethnic & Minority Bias Clearinghouse Act of 1999, HR 125 FCC.,Ethnic and Minority Affairs Section, Create
Type: Resolution Status: Filed
Committee: Committee on General Welfare
On agenda: 2/29/2000
Enactment date: Law number:
Title: Resolution urging the United States Congress to pass HR 125, the Ethnic and Minority Bias Clearinghouse Act of 1999, a bill that would establish an ethnic and minority affairs section within the Federal Communications Commission.
Sponsors: Peter F. Vallone, Martin Malave-Dilan, Pedro G. Espada, Kathryn E. Freed, Lloyd Henry, Karen Koslowitz, Helen M. Marshall, Michael C. Nelson, Philip Reed, Lawrence A. Warden, Juanita E. Watkins, Priscilla A. Wooten, Stephen DiBrienza, June M. Eisland, Wendell Foster, Julia Harrison, Guillermo Linares, Walter L. McCaffrey, Stanley E. Michels, Jerome X. O'Donovan, Bill Perkins
Council Member Sponsors: 21
Res. No. 1202 Title Resolution urging the United States Congress to pass HR 125, the Ethnic and Minority Bias Clearinghouse Act of 1999, a bill that would establish an ethnic and minority affairs section within the Federal Communications Commission. Body By the Speaker (Council Member Vallone) and Council Members Malave-Dilan, Espada, Freed, Henry, Koslowitz, Marshall, Nelson, Reed, Warden and Watkins; also Council Members DiBrienza, Eisland, Foster, Harrison, Linares, McCaffrey, Michels, O'Donovan and Perkins Whereas, The City of New York recognizes the diversity of its citizens as well as the invaluable roles played by ethnic and minority groups in the vitality of our City and nation; and Whereas, Negative stereotypes of ethnic and minority groups are false and cause great harm to the members of those groups, as well as to the City and nation as a whole; and Whereas, Negative portrayals of ethnic and minority groups on radio, television and cable television broadcast programming often perpetuate negative stereotypes about these groups; and Whereas, HR 125, the Ethnic and Minority Bias Clearinghouse Act of 1999, is a bill currently before the United States House of Representatives that would establish an ethnic and minority affairs section within the Federal Communications Commission; and Whereas, This section would collect information regarding the portrayal of ethnic and minority groups in radio, television and cable television broadcast programming, conduct an annual conference designed to focus public attention on such portrayals, prepare an annual report to be submitted to Congress regarding its activities and findings and establish a clearinghouse for complaints, grievances and opinions regarding the portrayal of ethnic and minority groups in broadcast programming; now, therefore, be it Resolved, That the Council of the City of New York urges the United States Congress to pass HR 125, the Ethnic and Minority Bias Clearinghouse Act of 1999, a bill that would establish an ethnic and minority affairs section within the Federal Communications Commission.