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10/18/2007--Introduced.<br/>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.<br/>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.<br/>

1200286800 2008-01-14 Fri Nov 07 02:18:17 -0600 2008 introduced 46813 'harm':20 'civil':4 'injur':9 'minor':8,22 'action':5 'materi':17 'provid':2 'purpos':26 'contain':16 'exposur':11 'product':15 'entertain':14 52939 false official introduced 46813 'act':3 'parent':1 'empower':2 54574 false short action 46813 1200286800 Mon Jan 14 00:00:00 -0600 2008 142890 Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property. H000981 1948-05-31 7591 Duncan 'duncan':1,3,5 'hunter':2,4,6 M 400191 Hunter Duncan_Hunter L. Duncan Hunter 3318 N00006983 5188 Republican Baptist Duncan Hunter F000453 1954-12-09 2549 1432 Longworth House Office Building http://fallin.house.gov/send_email_zip_authentication.shtml 5 202-226-1463 Mary 'r':4 '-5':6 'ok':5 'rep':1 'mari':2,7,9 'fallin':3,8,10 F 412230 Fallin Mary_Fallin Rep. Mary Fallin [R, OK-5] 984 N00027781 6550 Republican 202-225-2132 OK Mary Fallin 4.81818181818182 http://www.ltgov.state.ok.us/ MaryFallin G000280 1946-10-17 1992 Virgil 'good':2,4,6 'virgil':1,3,5 M 400153 Goode Virgil_H._Jr.Goode H. Virgil Goode 711 N00002167 4905 Republican Baptist Virgil Goode action 46813 1200286800 Mon Jan 14 00:00:00 -0600 2008 142890 Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property. introduced 46813 1192680000 Thu Oct 18 00:00:00 -0500 2007 132803 action 46813 1192680000 Thu Oct 18 00:00:00 -0500 2007 132804 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2182) action 46813 1192680000 Thu Oct 18 00:00:00 -0500 2007 132805 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.