[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2344 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2344

 To create a competitive grant program to provide for age-appropriate 
                    Internet education for children.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           November 13, 2007

 Mr. Menendez introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To create a competitive grant program to provide for age-appropriate 
                    Internet education for children.

    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 ``Internet Safety Education Act of 
2007''.

SEC. 2. GRANTS FOR INTERNET SAFETY EDUCATION PROGRAMS.

    (a) Establishment.--Subject to the availability of the funds 
authorized to be appropriated under this section, the Attorney General 
of the United States shall create and administer a competitive grant 
program for eligible organizations to carry out Internet safety 
education programs.
    (b) Eligible Organization.--For purposes of this section, the 
Attorney General shall by rule define the term eligible organization. 
The rulemaking conducted under this subsection shall require that the 
term eligible organization includes State organizations.
    (c) Definitions.--In this section--
            (1) the term ``Internet safety'' includes issues regarding 
        the use of the Internet in a manner that promotes safe online 
        activity for children, including--
                    (A) interacting with other individuals on social 
                networking programs, chat rooms, email, bulletin 
                boards, instant messaging, and other means of online 
                communication;
                    (B) teaching parents and teachers about online 
                safety for children; and
                    (C) empowering and encouraging parents to talk to 
                their children about internet safety; and
            (2) the term ``Internet safety education programs'' means 
        programs that provide--
                    (A) age-appropriate free Internet Safety education 
                services to children; and
                    (B) free Internet Safety programs for parents and 
                teachers for the purpose of educating children.
    (d) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated $10,000,000 for grants under this section for each of 
fiscal years 2008 through 2012.
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