[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6120 Introduced in House (IH)]

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110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6120

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


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 21, 2008

   Ms. Linda T. Sanchez of California (for herself, Ms. Berkley, Ms. 
  Bordallo, Mr. Castle, Mr. Chabot, Mr. Ellsworth, Mr. Langevin, Mrs. 
 McCarthy of New York, and Mr. Kennedy) 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.

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

SECTION 1. ESTABLISHING GRANT PROGRAM TO PROVIDE INTERNET CRIME 
              PREVENTION EDUCATION.

    (a) Establishment of Grant Program.--Subject to the availability of 
the funds authorized to be appropriated under subsection (e), the 
Attorney General shall establish a program to award grants to eligible 
entities for the purpose of providing Internet crime prevention 
education.
    (b) Eligibility.--In order to be eligible to receive a grant under 
this section, an entity shall--
            (1) assist elementary and secondary school administrators, 
        faculty, and staff and law enforcement officials to implement 
        Internet crime prevention education;
            (2) be located within the United States, the Commonwealth 
        of Puerto Rico, or a territory or possession of the United 
        States; and
            (3) submit an application at such time, in such form, and 
        with such information and assurances as the Attorney General 
        may require.
    (c) Criteria for Prioritization of Grant Recipients.--The Attorney 
General, in awarding grants under this section, shall develop selection 
criteria, including, but not limited to, that the entity--
            (1) provides Internet crime prevention education in all 50 
        States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto 
        Rico, and territories and possessions of the United States;
            (2) provides Internet crime prevention education through 
        both in person instruction and courses offered in whole or in 
        part through telecommunications; and
            (3) provides comprehensive curricula at no cost to 
        participants for use in teaching elementary and secondary 
        school students that--
                    (A) is based on current brain development research;
                    (B) is aligned to the National Educational 
                Technology Standards for teachers, students, and 
                administrators;
                    (C) is accessible in a variety of physical settings 
                both with and without computing capabilities; and
                    (D) meets a variety of teaching and learning needs, 
                including materials that are age appropriate and 
                accomodate differing levels of language proficiencies.
    (d) Internet Crime Prevention Education Defined.--
            (1) In general.--The term ``Internet crime prevention 
        education'' means programs that help parents, educators, and 
        law enforcement officials to educate children and communities 
        about how to recognize and prevent potentially criminal 
        activity on the Internet, telephone, and other electronic 
        means.
            (2) Related definitions.--
                    (A) Potentially criminal activity.--The term 
                ``potentially criminal activity'' includes access 
                through the Internet, telephone, and other electronic 
                means to potentially illegal activity including sexual 
                or racial harassment, cyberbullying, sexual 
                exploitation, exposure to pornography, and privacy 
                violations.
                    (B) Cyberbullying.--The term ``cyberbullying'' 
                includes any form of psychological bullying or 
                harassment by an individual or group, using electronic 
                means including e-mail, instant messaging, text 
                messages, blogs, telephones, pagers, and Web sites, to 
                support deliberate, repeated, and hostile behavior that 
                is intended to harm others.
    (e) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated $10,000,000 for grants under subsection (a) for each of 
the fiscal years 2009 through 2013.

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