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The United States Truth in Video Game Rating Act (S.3935) is a bill introduced by Senator Sam Brownback (R-KS) on September 27, 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].

The bill makes no considerations for mods, total conversions, user generated content, procedurally generated content, unused disc space, blocked/disabled out portions of code, player behavior in online games, and various other factors out of the control of the developers (such as how the player decides to play the unsaid game).

This bill was unacted upon during its original session and was reintroduced by Senator Brownback on February 14th 2007 under the same title "the Truth in Video Game Rating Act" with a new session number (S.568). As of March 2007, S.568 remains in the Senate Committee.[1]

Some question the constitutional authority of the Federal Government to pass such a law.

References

^ "Senate Proposes New ESRB Legislation". Gamasutra. Retrieved September 27. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)

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 The [[United States]] '''Truth in Video Game Rating Act (S.3935)''' is a [[Bill (proposed law)|bill]] introduced by Senator [[Sam Brownback]] (R-KS) on [[September 27]], [[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.<ref>{{cite web | title=Senate Proposes New ESRB Legislation | url=http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=11030 | work = [[Gamasutra]] | accessdate=September 27 | accessyear=2006 }}</ref>.
-The bill makes no considerations for [[mod (computer gaming)|mods]], [[Mod (computer_gaming)#Total_conversion|total conversion]]s, [[user generated content]], [[procedurally generated content]], unused disc space, blocked/disabled out portions of code, player behavior in online games, and various other factors out of the control of the developers (such as how the player decides to play the game).
+The bill makes no considerations for [[mod (computer gaming)|mods]], [[Mod (computer_gaming)#Total_conversion|total conversion]]s, [[user generated content]], [[procedurally generated content]], unused disc space, blocked/disabled out portions of code, player behavior in online games, and various other factors out of the control of the developers (such as how the player decides to play the unsaid game).
 This bill was unacted upon during its original session and was reintroduced by Senator Brownback on February 14th 2007 under the same title "the Truth in Video Game Rating Act" with a new session number (S.568).  As of March 2007, S.568 remains in the Senate Committee.[http://washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_SN_568.html#toc1]