Parents' Empowerment Act

Summary

Parents' 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 the material; and (2) the minor as a result of such exposure is likely to suffer personal or emotional injury or injury to mental or moral welfare. Makes it an affirmative defense to such an action that: (1) a parent 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 minor’s exposure.

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Timeline

1. 18 October 2007

   Introduced

   Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 18 October 2007

   Introduced

   Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2182)

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 18 October 2007

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

4. 18 October 2007

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

5. 14 January 2008

   Referred

   Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property.

   Source: Committee

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Versions

• Introduced in House · 18 October 2007 · Official file

Documents

3 official files

• Introduced in House (text)

  Introduced in House · EN · 18 October 2007

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• Introduced in House (PDF)

  Introduced in House · EN · 18 October 2007

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 18 October 2007

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Sponsors

• Rep. Hunter, Duncan [R-CA-45] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Fallin, Mary [R-OK-5] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Goode, Virgil H., Jr. [R-VA-5] · R · Cosponsor
• · hsju00 · Standing

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