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; 4 are original cosponsors, there from 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 |
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 Jan 24, 2013Markup Jul 30, 2013Reported Dec 17, 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, 2013Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S287-288)
- Jan 24, 2013Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text of measure as introduced: CR S288)
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S287Text printed S288 | John D. Rockefeller IV D-WV (text) | Jan 24, 2013 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Aug 30, 2013S. 134, Violent Content Research Act of 2013As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on July 30, 2013
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to arrange for the National Academy of Sciences to study the impact of violent video games and violent video programming on children.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Violent Content Research Act of 2013
- Short Titles as Reported to Senate
- Violent Content Research Act of 2013
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
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
