[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
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[S. 3016 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3016

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


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 14, 2008

Mr. Kerry (for himself, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Coleman, and 
Mr. Lieberman) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
               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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Internet Crime Prevention Act of 
2008''.

SEC. 2. GRANTS FOR INTERNET CRIME PREVENTION PROGRAMS.

    (a) Grants for i-SAFE.--
            (1) In general.--Subject to the availability of the funds 
        authorized to be appropriated under paragraph (2), the Attorney 
        General shall provide grants 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) In general.--Subject to the availability of the funds 
        authorized to be appropriated under paragraph (2), the Attorney 
        General shall establish and administer a competitive grant 
        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.
    (c) Definitions.--In this section, the following definitions shall 
apply:
            (1) 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.
            (2) Internet crime prevention education program.--The term 
        ``Internet crime prevention education program'' means a program 
        that serves to educate parents, children, educators, and 
        communities about how to recognize and prevent potentially 
        criminal activity on the Internet.
            (3) Potentially criminal activity.--The term ``potentially 
        criminally 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.
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