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The legislation's text is not currently available on the Library of Congress website, as the referral was just made yesterday by Baca and cosponsor Frank Wolf, a Representative from Virginia. GamePolitics reports that, were it successful, a label would be required on all games rated Teen and above by the ESRB which would read, "WARNING: Excessive exposure to violent video games and other violent media has been linked to aggressive behavior." Where does that assertion come from? Baca points to "scientific studies from the Pediatrics Journal, University of Indiana, University of Missouri, and Michigan State University" which indicate a "neurological link between playing violent video games and aggressive behavior in children and teenagers."
If Congressman Joe Baca gets his way, videogames might one day carry warning labels on their packaging akin to the Surgeon General's Warning we see on cigarettes in the United States. Baca, a Democrat serving as a U.S. Representative for California's 43rd district, has reintroduced the Video Game Health Labeling Act by referring the bill to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
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