CAMRA Act

Bill: 109-s-1902
Sponsor: Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [D-CT]
Introduced: 2005-10-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: 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
Interactive media
Internet
Learning
Learning disabilities
Lifestyle
Medical research
Motion pictures
Music
Obesity
Parent and child
Psychiatry
Psychology
Research grants
Science, Technology, Communications
Sound recording and reproducing
Television and children
Video games
Wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2005-10-20
text: 
Children and Media Research Advancement Act or the CAMRA Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to establish an independent panel of experts to: (1) review, synthesize, and report on research, theory, and applications in the social, behavioral, and biological sciences regarding the roles and impact of the use of and exposure to electronic media on youth in certain core areas of child and adolescent development; and (2) establish research priorities regarding such issues.
 
Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct initial pilot projects to supplement and inform the panel's work. Requires the Director to develop and implement a program that funds additional research determined to be necessary by the panel concerning the role and impact of electronic media in the development of children and adolescents, with a particular focus on media content, format, length of exposure, age of the child or adolescent, and nature of parental involvement.

action_date: 2006-09-05
text: 
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 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 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 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.
 
Sets forth reporting requirements.
 
Authorizes appropriations.

action_date: 2006-09-13
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the Senate on September 5, 2006. The summary of that version is repeated here.)]

 
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 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 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 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.
 
Sets forth reporting requirements.
 
Authorizes appropriations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-09-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2006-09-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2006-09-14
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2006-09-14
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2006-09-13
text: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S9564-9565)
action_date: 2006-09-13
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.(text: CR S9564-9565)
action_date: 2006-09-05
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 585.
action_date: 2006-09-05
text: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Reported by Senator Enzi with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 109-323.
action_date: 2006-09-05
text: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Reported by Senator Enzi with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 109-323.
action_date: 2006-03-08
text: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2005-10-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S11671-11672)
action_date: 2005-10-20
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S11669-11671)
action_date: 2005-10-20
text: Introduced in Senate