3.0.0 3899 2023-01-11T20:23:37Z 2023-01-11T20:23:37Z House H HR 2007-10-18 110 hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing hsju03 Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet Subcommittee Referred to 2008-01-14T15:38:25Z Referred to 2007-10-18T14:03:35Z 2008-01-14 hsju03 Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property. Committee 2007-10-18 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2007-10-18 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2182) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2007-10-18 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2007-10-18 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress H000981 Rep. Hunter, Duncan [R-CA-52] DUNCAN HUNTER R CA 52 N F000453 Rep. Fallin, Mary [R-OK-5] Mary Fallin R OK 5 2008-01-28 False G000280 Rep. Goode, Virgil H., Jr. [R-VA-5] VIRGIL GOODE R VA H. 5 2008-01-29 False Law Civil actions and liability Commerce Damages Families Legal fees Pornography Punitive damages Sex-oriented businesses Law 00 2007-10-18 Introduced in House 2007-10-26T21:36:14Z Parents' Empowerment Act - Authorizes a minor, through a person acting on his or her behalf under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, to bring a civil action in U.S. district court for compensatory and punitive damages for the knowing sale or distribution in interstate or foreign commerce of an entertainment product containing material 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 such exposure is likely to suffer personal or emotional injury or injury to mental or moral welfare.

Makes it an affirmative defense to such an action that: (1) a parent or guardian of the minor owned or possessed the entertainment product containing the material to which the minor was exposed; and (2) an act of that parent or guardian was the proximate cause of the minor’s exposure.

]]> 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 Display Title Parents' Empowerment Act Short Titles as Introduced Parents' Empowerment Act Introduced in House 2007-10-18T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110hr3899ih/xml/BILLS-110hr3899ih.xml 2008-01-14 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.