[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 212 Introduced in Senate (IS)]








109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 212

 Expressing the sense of the Senate that the Federal Trade Commission 
  should investigate the publication of the video game ``Grand Theft 
    Auto: San Andreas'' to determine if the publisher deceived the 
   Entertainment Software Ratings Board to avoid an ``Adults Only'' 
                                rating.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 26, 2005

Mr. Brownback submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
         the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

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                               RESOLUTION


 
 Expressing the sense of the Senate that the Federal Trade Commission 
  should investigate the publication of the video game ``Grand Theft 
    Auto: San Andreas'' to determine if the publisher deceived the 
   Entertainment Software Ratings Board to avoid an ``Adults Only'' 
                                rating.

Whereas the Entertainment Software Ratings Board gave the video game ``Grand 
        Theft Auto: San Andreas'' a rating of ``Mature'';
Whereas the video game ``Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas'' contains sexually 
        explicit content that consumers are able to access but that appears to 
        have been hidden from the Entertainment Software Ratings Board in order 
        to avoid a rating of ``Adults Only'';
Whereas the Entertainment Software Ratings Board took swift action in 
        investigating the matter and revoked the ``Mature'' rating, ensuring 
        that any future sales of the video game ``Grand Theft Auto: San 
        Andreas'' will be under an ``Adults Only'' rating; and
Whereas Rockstar Games, the publisher of the video game ``Grand Theft Auto: San 
        Andreas'', may have deceived the Entertainment Software Ratings Board 
        and consumers: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That it is the sense of the Senate that--
            (1) the Federal Trade Commission should investigate the 
        publication of the video game ``Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas'' 
        to determine if the publisher, Rockstar Games, deceived the 
        Entertainment Software Ratings Board to avoid an ``Adults 
        Only'' rating; and
            (2) if the Federal Trade Commission determines that 
        Rockstar Games committed such deception, the Commission should 
        impose the maximum penalty possible.
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