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H.R. 3899, The Parents' Empowerment Act

  • This item is from the 110th Congress (2007-2008) and is no longer current. Comments, voting, and wiki editing have been disabled, and the cost/savings estimate has been frozen.

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H.R. 3899 would provide a civil action for a minor injured by exposure to an entertainment product containing material that is harmful to minors.

== Detailed Summary ==

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(LogParents' Empowerment Act - Authorizes a minor, through a person acting on his or her behalf under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, to bring a civil action in U.S. district court for compensatory and punitive damages for the knowing sale or distribution in interstate or foreign commerce of an entertainment product containing material harmful to minors, if: (1) a reasonable person would expect a substantial number of minors to be exposed to edit the wikimaterial; and be(2) the firstminor as a result of such exposure is likely to providesuffer personal or emotional injury or injury to mental or moral welfare.

Makes it an affirmative defense to such an action that: (1)
a detailed summaryparent or guardian of the minor owned or possessed the entertainment product containing the material to which the minor was exposed; and (2) an act of that parent or guardian was the proximate cause of the bill!)minor&#146;s exposure.
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== Status of the Legislation ==

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(Log inLatest Major Action: 1/14/2008: Referred to edit the wiki and be the firstHouse subcommittee. Status: Referred to update the status ofSubcommittee on Courts, the bill!)Internet, and Intellectual Property.
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