[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3074 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3074

   To establish a grant program to provide Internet crime prevention 
                               education.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              June 2, 2008

   Mr. Menendez (for himself, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Bayh, and Mr. Johnson) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
   To establish a grant program to provide 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Internet Safety Education Act of 
2008''.

SEC. 2. 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 of the United States 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 
                accommodate 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 websites, 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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