[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2958 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2958

To direct the Federal Trade Commission to review the video game ratings 
     of the Entertainment Software Ratings Board and to direct the 
Government Accountability Office to study the impact of video games on 
                       children and young adults.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 10, 2007

Mr. Baca (for himself, Mr. Burton of Indiana, Mrs. Boyda of Kansas, and 
Mr. Chandler) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
To direct the Federal Trade Commission to review the video game ratings 
     of the Entertainment Software Ratings Board and to direct the 
Government Accountability Office to study the impact of video games on 
                       children and young adults.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Children Protection from Video Game 
Violence and Sexual Content Act''.

SEC. 2. FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION STUDY.

    The Federal Trade Commission shall evaluate and review the system 
employed by the Entertainment Software Ratings Board to assign ratings 
to video games. The Commission shall transmit to Congress, not later 
than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, a report on the 
Commission's findings, including the opinion of the Commission as to 
whether the ratings system results in the exposure to children of 
excessive violence and sexual content.

SEC. 3. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE STUDY.

    The Comptroller General shall conduct a study on the impact of 
video games on the mental stability and growth of children and young 
adults. The Comptroller General shall transmit to the Congress, not 
later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, a report 
on the findings of the study.
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