Children and Media Research Advancement Act

A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize funding for the establishment of a program on children and the media within the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development to study the role and impact of electronic media in the development of children.

3/21/2007--Introduced.
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.


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Sponsor

• Sen. Joseph Lieberman [I, CT]
• and 6 Co-Sponsors
  • Sen. B. Evan Bayh [D, IN]
  • Sen. Sherrod Brown [D, OH]
  • Sen. Samuel Brownback [R, KS]
  • Sen. Robert Casey [D, PA]
  • Sen. Hillary Clinton [D, NY]
  • Sen. Richard Durbin [D, IL]
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Committees

• Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

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March 21, 2007

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• Mar 28, 2007: Star Print ordered on S. 948.
• Mar 21, 2007: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
• Mar 21, 2007: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3519-3521)
• Introduced on Mar 21, 2007.
• Mar 21, 2007: Introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3519-3521)

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December 31, 2007 bill S.948: CAMRA Act

Senate Bill S.948 will study the physical effects of video gaming on our children's health. Video industry money is preventing passage. Senators who are for this: Ted Kennedy, Bararck Obama, Hillary Clinton, Debbie Stabenow, ...

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July 30, 2007 WARNING: Children's Deformed Fingers from Heavy Toys, Coloring ...

Senator Joe Lieberman's bill S. 948 will include our information for study through the National Institute of Health and Child Development. Exact ages of bone calcification strength that will endure the forces without damage has not been ...

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July 27, 2007 Children's Deformed Fingers from Video Gaming, Computers, Coloring

Senator Joe Lieberman is going to include our results in his Senate bill S.948...expected to pass this year. Contact me here or at our web site with any questions. For our children.... Mike.

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