US Congress Senate Bill 134

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January 24 2013 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text of measure as introduced: CR S288)
Pending: Senate Commerce, Science, And Transportation Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Violent Content Research Act of 2013 - Directs the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), and the Department of Health and Human Services (HSS), jointly, to undertake to enter into appropriate arrangements with the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) to conduct a comprehensive study and investigation of whether there is a connection between exposure to violent video games and programming and harmful effects on children. Requires such investigation to consider whether: (1) such exposure causes children to act aggressively or causes other measurable harm to children, has a harmful effect on children already prone to aggressive behavior or on other identifiable groups of children, and causes effects distinguishable from other types of media; (2) any identified harm has a direct and long-lasting impact on a child's well-being; and (3) current or emerging characteristics of video games have a unique impact on children, considering video games' interactive nature and the personal and vivid way violence might be portrayed in such video games. Requires such agencies, in entering into any such arrangements, to request the NAS to report the results to Congress, FTC, FCC, and HSS.

Violent Content Research Act of 2013

Sen Rockefeller, John D., IV	Sen Blumenthal, Richard	Sen Coburn, Tom	Sen Heller, Dean
Sen Johanns, Mike	Sen Klobuchar, Amy

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-01-24	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text of measure as introduced: CR S288)
2013-01-24	Senate	Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S287-288)

Type	Source
Summary	http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d113:SN00134:@@@L&summ2=m&
Text	http://gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-113s134is/pdf/BILLS-113s134is.pdf