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Following the December 1993 hearing, Senator Lieberman, co-sponsored by Kohl and Dorgan, introduced the Video Games Rating Act of 1994 (S.1823) on February 3, 1994 to the Senate; [30] the equivalent bill (H.R.3785) was introduced to the House of Representatives by Tom Lantos. [31]
The United States Truth in Video Game Rating Act (S.3935) was a failed bill that was introduced by then Senator Sam Brownback (R-KS) on September 26, 2006. The act would require the ESRB to have access to the full content of and hands-on time with the games it was to rate, rather than simply relying on the video demonstrations submitted by developers and publishers. [1]
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What's missing in this article is confirmation that Lieberman was extremely pleased with the ESRB and thus shelved the Video Game Ratings Act. Based on this documentary video from The Gaming Historian, Lieberman's shelving of the bill is implied, not explicit. I would prefer the article include an explicit mention, along with video evidence ...
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In late 2006, both Upton and Brownback tabled bills to place governmental oversight on aspects of the ESRB rating process, and make it illegal for publishers to misrepresent the playable content of a video game to a ratings board; Upton proposed a bill known as the Video Game Decency Act, explaining that developers had "done an end-run around ...