Parents' Empowerment Act

Summary

Parents' Empowerment Act - Authorizes a minor, through a person acting on the minor's behalf, to obtain relief in a civil action in U.S. district court against anyone who knowingly sells or distributes in interstate or foreign commerce an entertainment product containing material that is 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 exposure to that material, is likely to suffer personal or emotional injury or injury to mental or moral welfare. Declares it to be an affirmative defense to such action that an act of a parent or guardian who owned the entertainment product was the proximate cause of the minor's exposure to the harmful material.

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Timeline

1. 27 July 2000

   Introduced

   Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 27 July 2000

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 27 July 2000

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

4. 25 September 2000

   Referred

   Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property.

   Source: Committee

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Versions

• Introduced in House · 27 July 2000 · Official file

Documents

3 official files

• Introduced in House (text)

  Introduced in House · EN · 27 July 2000

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• Introduced in House (PDF)

  Introduced in House · EN · 27 July 2000

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 27 July 2000

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Sponsors

• Rep. Hunter, Duncan [R-CA-45] · R · Sponsor
• Sen. DeMint, Jim [R-SC] · R · Sponsor
• Robert Aderholt · R · Sponsor
• KEVIN BRADY · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Oxley, Michael G. [R-OH-4] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Stump, Bob [R-AZ-3] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Goodling, William F. [R-PA-19] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Ballenger, Cass [R-NC-10] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Souder, Mark E. [R-IN-3] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Gibbons, Jim [R-NV-2] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Pitts, Joseph R. [R-PA-16] · R · Sponsor
• WALTER JONES · R · Sponsor
• Sen. Burr, Richard [R-NC] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Riley, Bob [R-AL-3] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Ryun, Jim [R-KS-2] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Hall, Ralph M. [D-TX-4] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Bartlett, Roscoe G. [R-MD-6] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Myrick, Sue Wilkins [R-NC-9] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Chenoweth-Hage, Helen [R-ID-1] · R · Cosponsor
• Sen. Coburn, Tom [R-OK] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Goode, Virgil H., Jr. [R-VA-5] · I · Cosponsor
• Rep. Largent, Steve [R-OK-1] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Wamp, Zach [R-TN-3] · R · Cosponsor
• · hsju00 · Standing

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