3.0.0 5912 2023-01-12T17:52:35Z 2023-01-12T17:52:35Z House H HR 2006-07-26 109 hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif17 Innovation, Data, and Commerce Subcommittee Referred to 2006-08-01T19:40:04Z Referred to 2006-07-26T14:03:35Z Truth in Video Game Rating Act 109 6113 HR 2006-09-25 Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection. Related bill CRS Video Game Decency Act of 2006 109 6120 HR 2006-09-25 Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection. Related bill CRS Truth in Video Game Rating Act 109 3935 S 2006-09-26 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Related bill CRS 2006-08-01 hsif17 Innovation, Data, and Commerce Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection. Committee 2006-07-26 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2006-07-26 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2006-07-26 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress S000822 Rep. Stearns, Cliff [R-FL-6] CLIFF STEARNS R FL 6 N M001142 Rep. Matheson, Jim [D-UT-2] JIM MATHESON D UT 2 2006-07-26 True M000485 Rep. McIntyre, Mike [D-NC-7] MIKE MCINTYRE D NC 7 2006-07-26 True Commerce Administrative procedure Cable television Child welfare Computer software Congress Congressional investigations Congressional reporting requirements Consumer protection Families Federal Trade Commission Government Operations and Politics Independent regulatory commissions Interactive media Internet Labeling Law Marketing Motion pictures Pornography Science, Technology, Communications Television programs Video games Violence Commerce 00 2006-07-26 Introduced in House 2006-11-22T21:48:50Z Truth in Video Game Rating Act - Requires the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to prescribe rules to prohibit as an unfair and deceptive act or practice: (1) providing a content rating of any video or computer game labeled for sale or distribution in interstate commerce without having reviewed the game's content in its entirety; (2) withholding, hiding, or failing to disclose any content of such a game to the person assigning such rating; or (3) providing a rating that grossly mischaracterizes a game's content.

Requires the Comptroller General to study and report to Congress on game content ratings systems and related questions.

]]> Truth in Video Game Rating Act Display Title Truth in Video Game Rating Act Official Title as Introduced To direct the Federal Trade Commission to prescribe rules to prohibit deceptive conduct in the rating of video and computer games. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Truth in Video Game Rating Act Introduced in House 2006-07-26T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109hr5912ih/xml/BILLS-109hr5912ih.xml 2006-08-01 Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection. 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.