[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4134 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4134

  To direct the Attorney General to provide grants for Internet crime 
                     prevention education programs.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            November 9, 2007

 Ms. Linda T. Sanchez of California (for herself, Mr. Young of Alaska, 
  Ms. Berkley, Mrs. McCarthy of New York, Mr. Chabot, Mr. Sires, Ms. 
DeLauro, Mr. Davis of Alabama, Ms. Bordallo, Mr. Ellsworth, Mrs. Lowey, 
Mr. Rehberg, Mr. Castle, Mr. McIntyre, Mr. Kennedy, Ms. Kilpatrick, Mr. 
   Michaud, Mr. Rothman, Mr. Boozman, and Mr. Brady of Pennsylvania) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                             the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
  To direct the Attorney General to provide grants for Internet crime 
                     prevention education programs.

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

SECTION 1. GRANTS FOR INTERNET CRIME PREVENTION EDUCATION PROGRAMS.

    (a) Grant for i-Safe.--
            (1) Grant.--Subject to the availability of the funds 
        authorized to be appropriated under paragraph (2), the Attorney 
        General shall provide a grant to i-Safe, Inc., to carry out 
        Internet crime prevention education programs.
            (2) Authorization of appropriations.--There is authorized 
        to be appropriated $5,000,000 for grants under paragraph (1) 
        for each of the fiscal years 2008 through 2012.
    (b) Competitive Grant Program.--
            (1) Establishment.--Subject to the availability of the 
        funds authorized to be appropriated under paragraph (2), the 
        Attorney General shall create and administer a competitive 
        grants program for organizations to carry out Internet crime 
        prevention education programs.
            (2) Authorization of appropriations.--There is authorized 
        to be appropriated $5,000,000 for grants under paragraph (1) 
        for each of the fiscal years 2008 through 2012.

SEC. 2. INTERNET CRIME PREVENTION EDUCATION PROGRAMS DEFINED.

    (a) In General.--The term ``Internet crime prevention education 
programs'' means programs that serve to educate parents, children, 
educators, and communities about how to recognize and prevent 
potentially criminal activity on the Internet.
    (b) Related Definitions.--
            (1) Potentially criminal activity.--The term ``potentially 
        criminal activity'' includes access through the Internet and 
        other electronic devices to potentially illegal activity 
        including sexual or racial harassment, cyberbullying, sexual 
        exploitation, exposure to pornography, and privacy violations.
            (2) Cyberbullying.--The term ``cyberbullying'' includes 
        verbal, visual, or written psychological bullying or harassment 
        by an individual or group, using an electronic device or 
        devices including e-mail, instant messaging, text messages, 
        blogs, telephones, pagers, and websites, to support deliberate, 
        repeated, and hostile behavior that is intended to harm others.
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