Violent Content Research Act of 2013
Latest action · Dec 17, 2013 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 262.
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.
- IntroducedJan 24, 2013
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Violent Content Research Act of 2013 - Directs the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), and the Department of Health and Human Services (HSS), jointly, to undertake to enter into appropriate arrangements with the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) to conduct a comprehensive study and investigation of whether exposure to violent video games and programming has a harmful effect on children that is distinguishable from any other factors.
Requires such study and investigation to consider whether: (1) such exposure causes children to act aggressively or causes other measurable harm to children, has a disproportionately harmful effect on the behavior of children already prone to aggression or on the behavior of other identifiable groups of children, and has a harmful effect that is distinguishable from other types of media; (2) any identified harm has a direct and long-lasting impact on a child's well-being; and (3) current or emerging characteristics of violent video games have a uniquely harmful effect on the behavior of children, considering video games' concretely interactive nature.
Requires an identification of gaps in current research which, if closed, could provide information regarding any causal connection between such exposure and children's behavior.
Requires such agencies, in entering into any such arrangements, to request the NAS to report the results to Congress, FTC, FCC, and HSS.
Cosponsors 6
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 24, 2013 to Jul 24, 2013, with 4 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-NV | Dean Heller | Original | Jan 24, 2013 |
| R-NE | Mike Johanns | Original | Jan 24, 2013 |
| D-CT | Richard Blumenthal | Original | Jan 24, 2013 |
| R-OK | Tom Coburn | Original | Jan 24, 2013 |
| D-MN | Amy Klobuchar | Feb 7, 2013 | |
| D-AR | Mark L. Pryor | Jul 24, 2013 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 17, 2013Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Rockefeller with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 113-126.
- Dec 17, 2013Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 262.
- Jul 30, 2013Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
- Jan 24, 2013Introduced in Senate
- Jan 24, 2013Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text of measure as introduced: CR S288)
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Commerce.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 17, 2013Reported to Senate
- Jan 24, 2013Introduced in Senate
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