3.0.0 1507 2023-01-13T04:50:23Z 2023-01-13T04:50:23Z Senate S S 2005-07-27 109 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2005-07-27T19:22:33Z Internet Safety and Child Protection Act of 2005 109 3479 HR 2005-10-12 Referred to the Subcommittee on Select Education. Identical bill CRS 2005-07-27 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2005-07-27 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress L000035 Sen. Lincoln, Blanche L. [D-AR] BLANCHE LINCOLN D AR LAMBERT N C000174 Sen. Carper, Thomas R. [D-DE] Thomas Carper D DE R. 2005-07-27 True P000590 Sen. Pryor, Mark L. [D-AR] Mark Pryor D AR Lunsford 2005-07-27 True L000550 Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA] MARY LANDRIEU D LA 2005-07-27 True L000304 Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [D-CT] JOSEPH LIEBERMAN D CT I. 2005-07-27 True S001163 Sen. Salazar, Ken [D-CO] Ken Salazar D CO 2005-07-27 True S000770 Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] Debbie Stabenow D MI 2005-07-27 True B001233 Sen. Bayh, Evan [D-IN] EVAN BAYH D IN 2005-07-27 True C000705 Sen. Conrad, Kent [D-ND] KENT CONRAD D ND 2005-07-27 True B000243 Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT] MAX BAUCUS D MT SIEBEN 2005-10-06 False F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA 2006-04-06 False M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ 2006-05-24 False S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. 2006-09-19 False Science, Technology, Communications Administrative procedure Budget deficits Child abuse Child labor Child safety Child sexual abuse Child welfare Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Commerce Computer crimes Computer security measures Computer software Consumer protection Credit cards Crime and Law Enforcement Criminal justice information Directories Economics and Public Finance Education Electronic commerce Electronic government information Excise tax Families Federal Trade Commission Federal aid to education Federal aid to law enforcement Federal aid to research Federal budgets Fines (Penalties) Forced labor Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Government spending reductions Government trust funds Higher education Independent regulatory commissions Informers International Affairs Internet Labor and Employment Law Minors Nongovernmental organizations Nonprofit organizations Police training Pornography Prostitution Public service advertising Research and development Research grants Restrictive trade practices Slavery Social Welfare Taxation Teacher education Technological innovations Web sites Wireless communication Science, Technology, Communications 00 2005-07-27 Introduced in Senate 2005-10-20T12:44:53Z Internet Safety and Child Protection Act of 2005 - Requires: (1) an operator of a regulated pornographic website to verify (using Federal Trade Commission (FTC)-certified software) that any user attempting to access its site is age 18 or older; (2) a bank, credit card company, third-party merchant, Internet payment service provider, or business that performs financial transactions for such a website to only process age-verified Internet pornography credit card transactions; (3) the FTC to require use of appropriate age-screening software and maintain a list of websites that do not comply; and (4) violations of the age verification requirement to be treated as a Federal Trade Commission Act violation.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose upon the operator of a regulated pornographic website for any Internet pornography display or distribution a tax equal to 25 percent of the amounts charged.

Establishes in the Treasury the Internet Safety and Child Protection Trust Fund into which such taxes shall be deposited. Requires Fund amounts to be allocated (in order of priority) for: (1) federal agencies to enforce this Act; (2) the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention to ensure that the cyber tip line is fully operational and staffed 24 hours a day; (3) states to support Internet Crimes Against Children Task Forces; (4) companies to support research and development into new filtering technologies; (5) state agencies to support educational training; and (6) specified federal agencies, nongovernmental organizations, and nonprofits to support child Internet safety activities, including combating sex trafficking and sex crimes against children.

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