House OKs huge raise in indecency fine; Violations would cost $325,000.(PAGE ONE)

Byline: Dan Caterinicchia, THE WASHINGTON TIMES The House overwhelmingly approved a bill yesterday that would increase to $325,000 the amount the Federal Communications Commission can fine broadcasters for indecency violations. The Broadcast Decency Enforcement Act, approved 379-35, represents a tenfold increase over the current maximum fine of $32,500 per violation, which lawmakers and some parent groups had deemed inadequate since Janet Jackson's infamous "wardrobe malfunction" during the 2004 Super Bowl telecast.

The law does not apply to cable and satellite ...

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