3.0.0 4239 2023-01-15T04:48:35Z 2023-01-15T04:48:35Z House H HR 2004-04-28 108 hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing hsju03 Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet Subcommittee Referred to 2004-05-20T13:40:12Z Referred to 2004-04-28T14:02:05Z 2004-05-20 hsju03 Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property. Committee 2004-04-28 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2004-04-28 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2004-04-28 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress H000981 Rep. Hunter, Duncan [R-CA-52] DUNCAN HUNTER R CA 52 N A000358 Rep. Akin, W. Todd [R-MO-2] W. AKIN R MO TODD 2 2004-05-04 False N000081 Rep. Ney, Robert W. [R-OH-18] BOB NEY R OH 18 2004-05-13 False Families Arts, Culture, Religion Books Child health Child welfare Civil actions and liability Commerce Consumer protection Crime and Law Enforcement Damages Government Operations and Politics Law Legal fees Mental health Motion pictures Periodicals Photography Pornography Product safety Punitive damages Sound recording and reproducing Video games Families 00 2004-04-28 Introduced in House 2004-05-13T18:26:08Z Parents' Empowerment Act - Authorizes a minor, through a person acting on the minor's behalf, to obtain relief in a civil action in U.S. district court against anyone who knowingly sells or distributes in interstate or foreign commerce an entertainment product containing material that is harmful to minors if: (1) a reasonable person would expect a substantial number of minors to be exposed to the material; and (2) the minor, as a result of exposure to that material, is likely to suffer personal or emotional injury or injury to mental or moral welfare. Provides for recovery of compensatory and punitive damages.

Declares it to be an affirmative defense to such action that an act of a parent or guardian who owned the entertainment product was the proximate cause of the minor's exposure to the harmful material.

Defines "material that is harmful to minors" as any pornographic communication, picture, image, graphic image file, article, recording, writing, or other pornographic matter of any kind that: (1) is obscene; or (2) violates specified community standards with respect to suitability for minors and lacks sufficient literary, artistic, political, or scientific value to overcome its pernicious effects.

]]> Parents' Empowerment Act Display Title Parents' Empowerment Act Official Title as Introduced To provide a civil action for a minor injured by exposure to an entertainment product containing material that is harmful to minors, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Parents' Empowerment Act Introduced in House 2004-04-28T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-108hr4239ih/xml/BILLS-108hr4239ih.xml 2004-05-20 Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.