Bill: Stop selling Playboy, Penthouse on base
Concerned that the military is selling pornography in exchange stores in spite of a ban, one lawmaker has introduced a bill to clean up the matter.
“Our troops should not see their honor sullied so that the moguls behind magazines like Playboy and Penthouse can profit,” said Rep. Paul Broun, R-Ga., unveiling his House bill April 16.
His Military Honor and Decency Act would amend a provision of the 1997 Defense Authorization Act that banned sales of “sexually explicit material” on military bases.
The new language would “close existing loopholes” in regulations to bring the military “into compliance with the intent of the 1997 law,” Broun said . . .
H.R.5821
Title: To amend title 10, United States Code, to close loopholes in the prohibition on the sale or rental of sexually explicit material on military installations.
Sponsor: Rep Broun, Paul C. [GA-10] (introduced 4/16/2008)