Truth in Video Game Rating Act
Latest action · Sep 26, 2006 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedSep 26, 2006
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Truth in Video Game Rating Act - Requires the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to prescribe rules that prohibit as an unfair and deceptive act or practice: (1) any rating organization from assigning a content rating to any video or computer game unless it has reviewed its playable content; and (2) any producer, seller, or distributor of such games from withholding or hiding any such content.
Requires the FTC rules also to: (1) require any person submitting to a rating organization a video or computer game with hidden content to accompany it with the codes or methods necessary to access such hidden content; and (2) prohibit a rating organization from providing a content rating that grossly mischaracterizes the game content.
Directs the Comptroller General to study and report to Congress on the efficacy of the Entertainment Software Ratings Board (ESRB) ratings system in assigning appropriate content ratings to video and computer games, and related questions.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee | Referred Sep 26, 2006 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 26, 2006Introduced in Senate
- Sep 26, 2006Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Related bills 3
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 5912 | Truth in Video Game Rating Act | Related bill | Aug 1, 2006 |
| HR 6113 | Truth in Video Game Rating Act | Related bill | Sep 25, 2006 |
| HR 6120 | Video Game Decency Act of 2006 | Related bill | Sep 25, 2006 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to direct the Federal Trade Commission to prescribe rules to prohibit deceptive conduct in the rating of video and computer games and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Truth in Video Game Rating Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Commerce.
- Administrative procedure
- Cable television
- Child welfare
- Commerce
- 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
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 26, 2006Introduced in Senate
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