HR 5045
106th Congress
House
Families
Arts, Culture, Religion
Books
Child welfare
Civil actions and liability
Crime and Law Enforcement
Damages
Government Operations and Politics
Law
Legal fees
Motion pictures
Parents
Periodicals
Photography
Pornography
Punitive damages
Sound recording and reproducing
Parents' Empowerment Act
Introduced: July 27, 2000
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 25, 2000
Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property.
Jul 27, 2000
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Jul 27, 2000
Introduced in House
Plain-English 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.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property.
Committees of jurisdiction
2
Cosponsors
1