The United States

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The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 Video Game Decency Act of 2007 is a proposed piece of U.S. video game legislation originally introduced into the 109th Congress

109th United States Congress

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 as by Congressman Fred Upton

Fred Upton

Frederick Stephen Upton is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1987. He is a member of the Republican Party and Chairman of the Committee on Energy and Commerce. The district, based in Kalamazoo, stretches along the Michigan-Indiana border in the southwestern part of the state.-Early life,...

 on 29 September 2006. The bill

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 was reintroduced into the 110th Congress

110th United States Congress

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as H.R. 1531 in March 2007.

The aim of the legislation is "To prohibit deceptive acts and practices in the content rating and labeling of video games".