S 948 110th Congress Senate Health Advertising Agriculture and Food Arts, Culture, Religion Child development Child health Child nutrition Child welfare Commerce Congress Congressional reporting requirements Diet Economics and Public Finance Education Elementary and secondary education Families Federal aid to child health services Federal aid to research Government Operations and Politics Infants

CAMRA Act

Introduced: March 21, 2007 See on congress.gov

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Mar 28, 2007

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Mar 21, 2007

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3521)

Mar 21, 2007

Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3519-3521)

Mar 21, 2007

Introduced in Senate

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Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Children and Media Research Advancement Act or the CAMRA Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, to enter into a contract with the National Academy of Science or another appropriate entity to: (1) review, synthesize, and report on research regarding the roles and impact of electronic media (including television, motion pictures, DVD's, interactive video games, digital music, the Internet, and cell phones) and exposures to such media on youth in core areas of development; and (2) establish research priorities regarding such issues.

Directs the Secretary, acting through the Director, to award grants for research concerning the role and impact of electronic media on the cognitive, physical, and socio-behavioral development of youth. Requires such research to: (1) focus on the impact of factors such as media content, format, length of exposure, age of youth, venue, and nature of parental involvement; and (2) include as electronic media television, motion pictures, DVDs, interactive video games, digital music, the Internet, and cell phones.

What's happening now March 28, 2007

Star Print ordered on S. 948.

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