[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3461 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3461

  To establish a public awareness campaign regarding Internet safety.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             August 4, 2007

   Ms. Bean (for herself, Mr. Hill, Ms. Bordallo, Mr. Donnelly, Mr. 
Ellsworth, Mr. Holt, Mr. Kind, Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, and Mr. Patrick 
  J. Murphy of Pennsylvania) introduced the following bill; which was 
            referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
  To establish a public awareness campaign regarding Internet safety.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Safeguarding America's Families by 
Enhancing and Reorganizing New and Efficient Technologies Act of 
2007''.

SEC. 2. INTERNET SAFETY.

    For purposes of this Act, the issue of Internet safety includes 
issues regarding use of the Internet in a manner that promotes safe 
online activity, including safe transactions involved in online 
commerce, and protects against threats to financial information and 
privacy, threats from cyber-crime, and threats to juveniles, including 
cyber-predators and material that is inappropriate for minors.

SEC. 3. PUBLIC AWARENESS CAMPAIGN.

    The Federal Trade Commission shall carry out a nationwide program 
to increase public awareness and provide education regarding Internet 
safety, for families, businesses, organizations, and other users, that 
utilizes existing resources and efforts of the Federal Government, 
State and local governments, nonprofit organizations, private 
technology and financial companies, Internet service providers, World 
Wide Web-based resources, and other appropriate entities, that 
includes--
            (1) identifying, promoting, and encouraging best practices 
        for Internet safety;
            (2) establishing and carrying out a national outreach and 
        education campaign regarding Internet safety utilizing various 
        media and Internet-based resources;
            (3) facilitating access to, and the exchange of, 
        information regarding Internet safety to promote up-to-date 
        knowledge regarding current issues; and
            (4) facilitating access to Internet safety education and 
        public awareness efforts the Commission considers appropriate 
        to States, units of local government, schools, police 
        departments, nonprofit organizations, and such other entities.

SEC. 4. ANNUAL REPORTS.

    The Commission shall submit a report not later than March 31 of 
each year that describes the activities carried out under section 3 by 
the Commission during the preceding calendar year.

SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS.

    For purposes of this Act, the following definitions shall apply:
            (1) Commission.--The term ``Commission'' means the Federal 
        Trade Commission.
            (2) Internet.--The term ``Internet'' means collectively the 
        myriad of computer and telecommunications facilities, including 
        equipment and operating software, which comprise the 
        interconnected world-wide network of networks that employ the 
        Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol, or any 
        predecessor or successor protocols to such protocol, to 
        communicate information of all kinds by wire or radio.

SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    For carrying out the public awareness campaign under section 3, 
there is authorized to be appropriated to the Commission $10,000,000 
for fiscal year 2008, which shall remain available until until 
September 30, 2009.
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