Lawmakers in Congress are again pushing to increase Federal Communication Commission fines for broadcasting material perceived as indecent.

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House Telecommunications and the Internet subcommittee Chairman Fred Upton, R-Mich., and Sen. Sam Brownback, R-Kan., have revived last year's failed effort to crack down on broadcasters.

The initial push for increasing fines came in the wake of Janet Jackson's exposure of her breast during the 2004 Super Bowl, however, efforts to produce a compromise House-Senate bill stalled over whether to increase fines on performers.

Two new measures from the lawmakers differ on that point as well.

Brownback and Sen. Joe Lieberman, D-Conn., introduced legislation Wednesday that would increase the maximum FCC fine for each violation of its decency standards from $32,500 to $325,000, capping total fines of $3 million for multiple violations.

Upton's bill would increase the broadcasting fine to $500,000 per violation and increase the maximum penalty on performers from $11,000 to $500,000. The measure would shield network affiliates from fines if they had no advance knowledge of the broadcast.