Editing Seven dirty words (section)

==H.R. 3687==
[[U2]] singer [[Bono#U2|Bono]] said on live television that his [[60th Golden Globe Awards|2003 Golden Globe Award]] was "really, really fucking brilliant!" Despite complaints, the [[Federal Communications Commission]] (FCC) did not fine the network. In apparent reaction,<ref name="bono"/> on December 8, 2003, Rep. [[Doug Ose]] (R-California) introduced H.R. 3687, the "Clean Airwaves Act",<ref name=bono>{{cite web |title = Congressmen introduces bill to curb profanity in broadcasting |url = http://www.rcfp.org/browse-media-law-resources/news/congressmen-introduces-bill-curb-profanity-broadcasting |date = January 8, 2004 |publisher = [[Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press]] }}</ref> in Congress to designate a derivative list of Carlin's offensive words as profane in the U.S. Code. The stated purpose of the bill was "To amend [[s:United States Code/Title 18/Part I/Chapter 71/Section 1464|section 1464 of title 18 of the United States Code]], to provide for the punishment of certain profane broadcasts." In the text of the bill, the words ''shit'', ''piss'', ''fuck'', ''cunt'', ''asshole'', and the phrases ''cock sucker'', ''mother fucker'', and ''ass hole'' are specifically listed.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/108th-congress/house-bill/3687/text?q=%7B%22search%22%3A%5B%22hr3687%22%5D%7D&r=7|title=Text – H.R.3687|website=Congress.gov|date=January 15, 2004|publisher=Library of Congress|access-date=November 24, 2016}}</ref> The bill was not enacted.