[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 115 (Thursday, July 11, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4813-S4816]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2496. Mr. SCHATZ (for himself, Mr. Cruz, and Mr. Murphy) submitted 
an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4638, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2025 for military activities 
of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for 
defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military 
personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which 
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following new title:

       TITLE __--MAKING SOCIAL MEDIA SAFER FOR CHILDREN AND TEENS

                 Subtitle A--Kids Off Social Media Act

     SEC. __1. SHORT TITLE.

       This subtitle may be cited as the ``Kids Off Social Media 
     Act''.

     SEC. __2. DEFINITIONS.

       In this subtitle:
       (1) Personalized recommendation system.--The term 
     ``personalized recommendation system'' means a fully or 
     partially automated system used to suggest, promote, or rank 
     content, including other users or posts, based on the 
     personal data of users.
       (2) Child.--The term ``child'' means an individual under 
     the age of 13.
       (3) Commission.--The term ``Commission'' means the Federal 
     Trade Commission.
       (4) Know or knows.--The term ``know'' or ``knows'' means to 
     have actual knowledge or knowledge fairly implied on the 
     basis of objective circumstances.
       (5) Personal data.--The term ``personal data'' has the same 
     meaning as the term ``personal information'' as defined in 
     section 1302 of the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act 
     (15 U.S.C. 6501) .
       (6) Social medial platform.--
       (A) In general.--The term ``social media platform'' means a 
     public-facing website, online service, online application, or 
     mobile application that--
       (i) is directed to consumers;
       (ii) collects personal data;
       (iii) primarily derives revenue from advertising or the 
     sale of personal data; and
       (iv) as its primary function provides a community forum for 
     user-generated content, including messages, videos, and audio 
     files among users where such content is primarily intended 
     for viewing, resharing, or platform-enabled distributed 
     social endorsement or comment.
       (B) Limitation.--The term ``social medial platform'' does 
     not include a platform that, as its primary function for 
     consumers, provides or facilitates any of the following:
       (i) The purchase and sale of commercial goods.
       (ii) Teleconferencing or videoconferencing services that 
     allow reception and transmission of audio or video signals 
     for real-time communication, provided that the real-time 
     communication is initiated by using a unique link or 
     identifier to facilitate access.
       (iii) Crowd-sourced reference guides such as encyclopedias 
     and dictionaries.
       (iv) Cloud storage, file sharing, or file collaboration 
     services, including such services that allow collaborative 
     editing by invited users.
       (v) The playing or creation of video games.
       (vi) Content that consists primarily of news, sports, 
     sports coverage, entertainment, or other information or 
     content that is not user-generated but is preselected by the 
     platform and for which any chat, comment, or interactive 
     functionality is incidental, directly related to, or 
     dependent on the provision of the content provided by the 
     platform.
       (vii) Business, product, or travel information including 
     user reviews or rankings of such businesses, products, or 
     other travel information.
       (viii) Educational information, experiences, training, or 
     instruction provided to build knowledge, skills, or a craft, 
     district-sanctioned or school-sanctioned learning management 
     systems and school information systems for the purposes of 
     schools conveying content related to the education of 
     students, or services or services on behalf of or in support 
     of an elementary school or secondary school, as such terms 
     are defined in section 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary 
     Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801).
       (ix) An email service.
       (x) A wireless messaging service, including such a service 
     provided through short message service or multimedia 
     messaging protocols, that is not a component of, or linked 
     to, a social media platform and where the predominant or 
     exclusive function of the messaging service is direct 
     messaging consisting of the transmission of text, photos, or 
     videos that are sent by electronic means, where messages are 
     transmitted from the sender to the recipient and are not 
     posted publicly or within a social media platform.
       (xi) A broadband internet access service (as such term is 
     defined for purposes of section 8.1(b) of title 47, Code of 
     Federal Regulations, or any successor regulation).
       (xii) A virtual private network or similar service that 
     exists solely to route internet traffic between locations.
       (7) Teen.--The term ``teen'' means an individual over the 
     age of 12 and under the age of 17.
       (8) User.--The term ``user'' means, with respect to a 
     social media platform, an individual who registers an account 
     or creates a profile on the social media platform.

     SEC. __3. NO CHILDREN UNDER 13.

       (a) No Accounts for Children Under 13.--A social media 
     platform shall not permit an individual to create or maintain 
     an account or profile if it knows that the individual is a 
     child.
       (b) Termination of Existing Accounts Belonging to 
     Children.--A social media platform shall terminate any 
     existing account or profile of a user who the social media 
     platform knows is a child.
       (c) Deletion of Children's Personal Data.--
       (1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), upon termination 
     of an existing account or profile of a user pursuant to 
     subsection (b), a social media platform shall immediately 
     delete all personal data collected from the user or submitted 
     by the user to the social media platform.
       (2) Children's access to personal data.--To the extent 
     technically feasible and not in violation of any licensing 
     agreement, a social media platform shall allow the user of an 
     existing account or profile that the social media platform 
     has terminated under subsection (b), from the date such 
     termination occurs to the date that is 90 days after such 
     date, to request, and shall provide to such user upon such 
     request, a copy of the personal data collected from the user 
     or submitted by the user to the social media platform both--
       (A) in a manner that is readable and which a reasonable 
     person can understand; and
       (B) in a portable, structured, and machine-readable format.
       (d) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in subsection (c) shall 
     be construed to prohibit a social media platform from 
     retaining a record of the termination of an account or 
     profile and the minimum information necessary for the 
     purposes of ensuring compliance with this section.

     SEC. __3. PROHIBITION ON THE USE OF PERSONALIZED 
                   RECOMMENDATION SYSTEMS ON CHILDREN OR TEENS.

       (a) In General.--
       (1) Prohibition on use of personalized recommendation 
     systems on children or teens.--Except as provided in 
     paragraph (2), a social media platform shall not use the 
     personal data of a user or visitor in a personalized 
     recommendation system to display content if the platform 
     knows that the user or visitor is a child or teen.
       (2) Exception.--A social media platform may use a 
     personalized recommendation system to display content to a 
     child or teen if the system only uses the following personal 
     data of the child or teen:
       (A) The type of device used by the child or teen.
       (B) The languages used by the child or teen to communicate.
       (C) The city or town in which the child or teen is located.
       (D) The fact that the individual is a child or teen.
       (E) The age of the child or teen.
       (b) Rule of Construction.--The prohibition in subsection 
     (a) shall not be construed to--
       (1) prevent a social media platform from providing search 
     results to a child or teen deliberately or independently 
     searching for (such as by typing a phrase into a search bar 
     or providing spoken input), or specifically requesting, 
     content, so long as such results are not based on the 
     personal data of the child or teen (except to the extent 
     permitted under subsection (a)(2));
       (2) prevent a social media platform from taking reasonable 
     measures to--
       (A) block, detect, or prevent the distribution of unlawful 
     or obscene material;
       (B) block or filter spam, or protect the security of a 
     platform or service; or
       (C) prevent criminal activity; or
       (3) prohibit a social media platform from displaying user-
     generated content that has been selected, followed, or 
     subscribed to by a teen account holder as long as the display 
     of the content is based on a chronological format.

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     SEC. __4. DETERMINATION OF WHETHER AN OPERATOR HAS KNOWLEDGE 
                   FAIRLY IMPLIED ON THE BASIS OF OBJECTIVE 
                   CIRCUMSTANCES THAT AN INDIVIDUAL IS A CHILD OR 
                   TEEN.

       (a) Rules of Construction.--For purposes of enforcing this 
     subtitle, in making a determination as to whether a social 
     media platform has knowledge fairly implied on the basis of 
     objective circumstances that a user is a child or teen, the 
     Commission or the attorney general of a State, as applicable, 
     shall rely on competent and reliable evidence, taking into 
     account the totality of circumstances, including whether a 
     reasonable and prudent person under the circumstances would 
     have known that the user is a child or teen.
       (b) Protections for Privacy.--Nothing in this subtitle, 
     including a determination described in subsection (a), shall 
     be construed to require a social media platform to--
       (1) implement an age gating or age verification 
     functionality; or
       (2) affirmatively collect any personal data with respect to 
     the age of users that the social media platform is not 
     already collecting in the normal course of business.
       (c) Restriction on Use and Retention of Personal Data.--If 
     a social media platform or a third party acting on behalf of 
     a social media platform voluntarily collects personal data 
     for the purpose of complying with this subtitle, the social 
     media platform or a third party shall not--
       (1) use any personal data collected specifically for a 
     purpose other than for sole compliance with the obligations 
     under this subtitle; or
       (2) retain any personal data collected from a user for 
     longer than is necessary to comply with the obligations under 
     this subtitle or than is minimally necessary to demonstrate 
     compliance with this subtitle.

     SEC. __5. ENFORCEMENT.

       (a) Enforcement by Commission.--
       (1) Unfair or deceptive acts or practices.--A violation of 
     this subtitle shall be treated as a violation of a rule 
     defining an unfair or deceptive act or practice prescribed 
     under section 18(a)(1)(B) of the Federal Trade Commission Act 
     (15 U.S.C. 57a(a)(1)(B)).
       (2) Powers of commission.--
       (A) In general.--The Commission shall enforce this subtitle 
     in the same manner, by the same means, and with the same 
     jurisdiction, powers, and duties as though all applicable 
     terms and provisions of the Federal Trade Commission Act (15 
     U.S.C. 41 et seq.) were incorporated into and made a part of 
     this subtitle.
       (B) Privileges and immunities.--Any person who violates 
     this subtitle shall be subject to the penalties and entitled 
     to the privileges and immunities provided in the Federal 
     Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 41 et seq.).
       (3) Authority preserved.--Nothing in this subtitle shall be 
     construed to limit the authority of the Commission under any 
     other provision of law.
       (b) Enforcement by States.--
       (1) Authorization.--Subject to paragraph (3), in any case 
     in which the attorney general of a State has reason to 
     believe that an interest of the residents of the State has 
     been or is threatened or adversely affected by the engagement 
     of a social media platform in a practice that violates this 
     subtitle, the attorney general of the State may, as parens 
     patriae, bring a civil action against the social media 
     platform on behalf of the residents of the State in an 
     appropriate district court of the United States to--
       (A) enjoin that practice;
       (B) enforce compliance with this subtitle;
       (C) on behalf of residents of the States, obtain damages, 
     restitution, or other compensation, each of which shall be 
     distributed in accordance with State law; or
       (D) obtain such other relief as the court may consider to 
     be appropriate.
       (2) Rights of federal trade commission.--
       (A) Notice to federal trade commission.--
       (i) In general.--The attorney general of a State shall 
     notify the Commission in writing that the attorney general 
     intends to bring a civil action under paragraph (1) before 
     the filing of the civil action.
       (ii) Contents.--The notification required under clause (i) 
     with respect to a civil action shall include a copy of the 
     complaint to be filed to initiate the civil action.
       (iii) Clause (i) shall not apply with respect to the filing 
     of an action by an attorney general of a State under this 
     paragraph if the attorney general of the State determines 
     that it not feasible to provide the notice required in that 
     clause before filing the action.
       (B) Intervention by federal trade commission.--Upon 
     receiving notice under subparagraph (A)(i), the Commission 
     shall have the right to intervene in the action that is the 
     subject of the notice.
       (3) Effect of intervention.--If the Commission intervenes 
     in an action under paragraph (1), it shall have the right--
       (A) to be heard with respect to any matter that arises in 
     that action; and
       (B) file a petition for appeal.
       (4) Investigatory powers.--Nothing in this subsection may 
     be construed to prevent the attorney general of a State from 
     exercising the powers conferred on the attorney general by 
     the laws of the State to--
       (A) conduct investigations;
       (B) administer oaths or affirmations; or
       (C) compel the attendance of witnesses or the production of 
     documentary or other evidence.
       (5) Preemptive action by federal trade commission.--In any 
     case in which an action is instituted by or on behalf of the 
     Commission for a violation of this subtitle, no State may , 
     during the pendency of that action, institute a separate 
     civil action under paragraph (1) against any defendant named 
     in the complaint in the action instituted by or on behalf of 
     the Commission for that violation.
       (6) Venue; service of process.--
       (A) Venue.--Any action brought under paragraph (1) may be 
     brought in--
       (i) the district court of the United States that meets 
     applicable requirements relating to venue under section 1391 
     of title 28, United States Code; or
       (ii) another court of competent jurisdiction.
       (B) Service of process.--In an action brought under 
     paragraph (1), process may be served in any district in which 
     the defendant--
       (i) is an inhabitant; or
       (ii) may be found.

     SEC. __6. RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER LAWS.

       The provisions of this subtitle shall preempt any State 
     law, rule, or regulation only to the extent that such State 
     law, rule, or regulation conflicts with a provision of this 
     subtitle. Nothing in this subtitle shall be construed to 
     prohibit a State from enacting a law, rule, or regulation 
     that provides greater protection to children or teens than 
     the protection provided by the provisions of this subtitle. 
     Nothing in this subtitle shall be construed to--
       (1) affect the application of--
       (A) section 444 of the General Education Provisions Act (20 
     U.S.C. 1232g, commonly known as the ``Family Educational 
     Rights and Privacy Act of 1974'') or other Federal or State 
     laws governing student privacy; or
       (B) the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 
     (15 U.S.C. 6501 et seq.) or any rule or regulation 
     promulgated under such Act; or
       (2) authorize any action that would conflict with section 
     18(h) of the Federal Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 57a(h)).

     SEC. __7. EFFECTIVE DATE.

       This subtitle shall take effect 1 year after the date of 
     enactment of this Act.

               Subtitle B--Eyes on the Board Act of 2024

     SEC. __8. SHORT TITLE.

       This subtitle may be cited as the ``Eyes on the Board Act 
     of 2024''.

     SEC. __9. UPDATING THE CHILDREN'S INTERNET PROTECTION ACT TO 
                   INCLUDE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS.

       (a) In General.--Section 1721 of the Children's Internet 
     Protection Act (title XVII of Public Law 106-554) is 
     amended--
       (1) by redesignating subsections (f) through (h) as 
     subsections (g) through (i), respectively; and
       (2) by inserting after subsection (e) the following:
       ``(f) Limitation on Use of School Broadband Subsidies for 
     Access to Social Media Platforms.--
       ``(1) Definitions.--In this subsection:
       ``(A) Commission.--The term `Commission' means the Federal 
     Communications Commission.
       ``(B) Social media platform.--The term `social media 
     platform'--
       ``(i) means any website, online service, online 
     application, or mobile application that--

       ``(I) serves the public; and
       ``(II) primarily provides a forum for users to communicate 
     user-generated content, including messages, videos, images, 
     and audio files, to other online users; and

       ``(ii) does not include--

       ``(I) an internet service provider;
       ``(II) electronic mail;
       ``(III) an online service, application, or website--

       ``(aa) that consists primarily of content that is not user-
     generated, but is preselected by the provider; and
       ``(bb) for which any chat, comment, or interactive 
     functionality is incidental to, directly related to, or 
     dependent on the provision of content described in item (aa);

       ``(IV) an online service, application, or website--

       ``(aa) that is non-commercial and primarily designed for 
     educational purposes; and
       ``(bb) the revenue of which is not primarily derived from 
     advertising or the sale of personal data;

       ``(V) a wireless messaging service, including such a 
     service provided through a short messaging service or 
     multimedia service protocols--

       ``(aa) that is not a component of, or linked to, a website, 
     online service, online application, or mobile application 
     described in clause (i); and
       ``(bb) the predominant or exclusive function of which is 
     direct messaging consisting of the transmission of text, 
     photos, or videos that--
       ``(AA) are sent by electronic means from the sender to a 
     recipient; and
       ``(BB) are not posted publicly or on a website, online 
     service, online application, or mobile application described 
     in clause (i);

       ``(VI) a teleconferencing or video conferencing service 
     that allows for the reception and transmission of audio or 
     video signals for real-time communication that is initiated 
     by using a unique link or identifier to facilitate access;
       ``(VII) a product or service that primarily functions as 
     business-to-business software or a cloud storage, file 
     sharing, or file collaboration service; or
       ``(VIII) an organization that is not organized to carry on 
     business for the profit of

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     the organization or of the members of the organization.

       ``(C) Technology protection measure.--The term `technology 
     protection measure' means a specific technology that blocks 
     or filters access to a social media platform.
       ``(2) Requirements with respect to social media 
     platforms.--
       ``(A) In general.--
       ``(i) Certification required.--An elementary or secondary 
     school that is subject to paragraph (5) of section 254(h) of 
     the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 254(h)) (referred 
     to in this paragraph as `section 254(h)') may not receive 
     services at discount rates under section 254(h) unless the 
     school, school board, local educational agency, or other 
     authority with responsibility for administration of the 
     school--

       ``(I) submits to the Commission the certification described 
     in subparagraph (B); and
       ``(II) ensures that the use of the school's supported 
     services, devices, and networks is in accordance with the 
     certification described in subclause (I).

       ``(ii) Rule of construction.--Nothing in clause (i) may be 
     construed to prohibit--

       ``(I) district-sanctioned or school-sanctioned learning 
     management systems and school information systems used for 
     purposes of schools conveying content related to the 
     education of students; or
       ``(II) a teacher from using a social media platform in the 
     classroom for educational purposes.

       ``(B) Certification with respect to students and social 
     media.--
       ``(i) In general.--A certification under this subparagraph 
     is a certification that the applicable school, school board, 
     local educational agency, or other authority with 
     responsibility for administration of the school--

       ``(I) is enforcing a policy of preventing students of the 
     school from accessing social media platforms on any supported 
     service, device, or network that includes--

       ``(aa) monitoring the online activities of any such 
     service, device, or network to determine if those students 
     are accessing social media platforms; and
       ``(bb) the operation of a technology protection measure 
     with respect to those services, devices, and networks that 
     protects against access by those students to a social media 
     platform; and

       ``(II) is enforcing the operation of the technology 
     protection measure described in subclause (I) during any use 
     of supported services, devices, or networks by students of 
     the school.

       ``(ii) Rule of construction.--Nothing in this subparagraph 
     may be construed to require the applicable school, school 
     board, local educational agency, or other authority to track 
     an individual website, online application, or mobile 
     application that a student is attempting to access (or any 
     search terms used by, or the browsing history of, a student) 
     beyond the identity of the website or application and whether 
     access to the website or application is blocked by a 
     technology protection measure because the website or 
     application is a social media platform.
       ``(C) Timing of implementation.--
       ``(i) In general.--In the case of a school to which this 
     paragraph applies, the certification under this paragraph 
     shall be made--

       ``(I) with respect to the first program funding year under 
     section 254(h) after the date of enactment of the Eyes on the 
     Board Act of 2024, not later than 120 days after the 
     beginning of that program funding year; and
       ``(II) with respect to any subsequent funding year, as part 
     of the application process for that program funding year.

       ``(ii) Process.--

       ``(I) Schools with measures in place.--A school covered by 
     clause (i) that has in place measures meeting the 
     requirements necessary for certification under this paragraph 
     shall certify its compliance with this paragraph during each 
     annual program application cycle under section 254(h), except 
     that, with respect to the first program funding year after 
     the date of enactment of the Eyes on the Board Act of 2024, 
     the certification shall be made not later than 120 days after 
     the beginning of that first program funding year.
       ``(II) Schools without measures in place.--

       ``(aa) First 2 program years.--A school covered by clause 
     (i) that does not have in place measures meeting the 
     requirements for certification under this paragraph--
       ``(AA) for the first program year after the date of 
     enactment of the Eyes on the Board Act of 2024 in which the 
     school is applying for funds under section 254(h), shall 
     certify that the school is undertaking such actions, 
     including any necessary procurement procedures, to put in 
     place measures meeting the requirements for certification 
     under this paragraph; and
       ``(BB) for the second program year after the date of 
     enactment of the Eyes on the Board Act of 2024 in which the 
     school is applying for funds under section 254(h), shall 
     certify that the school is in compliance with this paragraph.
       ``(bb) Subsequent program years.--Any school that is unable 
     to certify compliance with such requirements in such second 
     program year shall be ineligible for services at discount 
     rates or funding in lieu of services at such rates under 
     section 254(h) for such second year and all subsequent 
     program years under section 254(h), until such time as such 
     school comes into compliance with this paragraph.

       ``(III) Waivers.--Any school subject to subclause (II) that 
     cannot come into compliance with subparagraph (B) in such 
     second program year may seek a waiver of subclause 
     (II)(aa)(BB) if State or local procurement rules or 
     regulations or competitive bidding requirements prevent the 
     making of the certification otherwise required by such 
     subclause. A school, school board, local educational agency, 
     or other authority with responsibility for administration of 
     the school shall notify the Commission of the applicability 
     of such subclause to the school. Such notice shall certify 
     that the school in question will be brought into compliance 
     before the start of the third program year after the date of 
     enactment of the Eyes on the Board Act of 2024 in which the 
     school is applying for funds under section 254(h).

       ``(D) Noncompliance.--
       ``(i) Failure to submit certification.--Any school that 
     knowingly fails to comply with the application guidelines 
     regarding the annual submission of a certification required 
     by this paragraph shall not be eligible for services at 
     discount rates or funding in lieu of services at such rates 
     under section 254(h).
       ``(ii) Failure to comply with certification.--Any school 
     that knowingly fails to ensure the use of its computers in 
     accordance with a certification under subparagraph (B) shall 
     reimburse any funds and discounts received under section 
     254(h) for the period covered by such certification.
       ``(iii) Remedy of noncompliance.--

       ``(I) Failure to submit.--A school that has failed to 
     submit a certification under clause (i) may remedy the 
     failure by submitting the certification to which the failure 
     relates. Upon submittal of such certification, the school 
     shall be eligible for services at discount rates under 
     section 254(h).
       ``(II) Failure to comply.--A school that has failed to 
     comply with a certification as described in clause (ii) may 
     remedy the failure by ensuring the use of its computers in 
     accordance with such certification. Upon submittal to the 
     Commission of a certification or other appropriate evidence 
     of such remedy, the school shall be eligible for services at 
     discount rates under section 254(h).

       ``(E) Rule of construction.--Nothing in this paragraph may 
     be construed to consider a school, school board, local 
     educational agency, or other authority with responsibility 
     for the administration of a school in violation of this 
     paragraph if that school, school board, local educational 
     agency, or other authority makes a good faith effort to 
     comply with this paragraph and to correct a known violation 
     of this paragraph within a reasonable period of time.
       ``(3) Enforcement.--The Commission shall--
       ``(A) not later than 120 days after the date of enactment 
     of the Eyes on the Board Act of 2024, amend the rules of the 
     Commission to carry out this subsection; and
       ``(B) enforce this subsection, and any rules issued under 
     this subsection, as if this subsection and those rules were 
     part of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 151 et 
     seq.) or the rules issued under that Act.''.
       (b) Technical and Conforming Amendments.--Section 254(h) of 
     the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 254(h)) is 
     amended--
       (1) in paragraph (5)(E)--
       (A) in clause (i), in the matter preceding subclause (I), 
     by striking ``1721(h)'' and inserting ``1721(i)''; and
       (B) in clause (ii)(I), by striking ``1721(h)'' and 
     inserting ``1721(i)''; and
       (2) in paragraph (6)(E)--
       (A) in clause (i), in the matter preceding subclause (I), 
     by striking ``1721(h)'' and inserting ``1721(i)''; and
       (B) in clause (ii)(I), by striking ``1721(h)'' and 
     inserting ``1721(i)''.

     SEC. _10. EMPOWERING TRANSPARENCY WITH RESPECT TO SCREEN TIME 
                   IN SCHOOLS.

       (a) In General.--Section 254(h)(5)(B) of the Communications 
     Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 254(h)(5)(B)) is amended--
       (1) in clause (ii), by striking ``and'' at the end;
       (2) in clause (iii), by striking the period at the end and 
     inserting ``; and''; and
       (3) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(iv) has adopted a screen time policy that includes 
     guidelines, disaggregated by grade, for the number of hours 
     and uses of screen time that may be assigned to students, 
     whether during school hours or as homework, on a regular 
     basis.''.
       (b) Certification and Reporting.--Beginning in the first 
     funding year that begins after the date of enactment of this 
     Act, each school seeking support under section 254(h) of the 
     Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 254(h)) (without regard 
     to whether the school submits an application directly for 
     that support or such an application is submitted on behalf of 
     the school by a consortium or school district) shall, as a 
     condition of receiving that support--
       (1) certify that the school will comply with the 
     requirements of this section and the amendments made by this 
     section for the year covered by the application; and
       (2) provide to the Federal Communications Commission 
     (referred to in this section as the ``Commission'') a copy of 
     the screen time policy of the school to which the 
     certification relates.
       (c) Commission Requirements.--Not later than 120 days after 
     the date of enactment of this Act, the Commission shall amend 
     the rules of the Commission to carry out this section and the 
     amendments made by this section.

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     SEC. _11. INTERNET SAFETY POLICIES.

       Section 254 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 
     254) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (h)(5)--
       (A) in subparagraph (A)(i)--
       (i) in subclause (I), by inserting ``and copies of the 
     Internet safety policy and screen time policy to which each 
     such certification pertains'' before the semicolon at the 
     end; and
       (ii) in subclause (II)--

       (I) by striking ``Commission'' and all that follows through 
     the end of the subclause and inserting the following: 
     ``Commission--

       ``(aa) a certification that an Internet safety policy and 
     screen time policy described in subclause (I) have been 
     adopted and implemented for the school; and''; and

       (II) by adding at the end the following:

       ``(bb) copies of the Internet safety policy and screen time 
     policy described in item (aa); and''; and
       (B) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(G) Database of internet safety and screen time 
     policies.--The Commission shall establish an easily 
     accessible, public database that contains each Internet 
     safety policy and screen time policy submitted to the 
     Commission under subclauses (I) and (II) of subparagraph 
     (A)(i).''; and
       (2) in subsection (l), by striking paragraph (3) and 
     inserting the following:
       ``(3) Availability for review.--A copy of each Internet 
     safety policy adopted by a library under this subsection 
     shall be made available to the Commission, upon request of 
     the Commission, by the library for purposes of the review of 
     the Internet safety policy by the Commission.''.

                        Subtitle C--Severability

     SEC. _12. SEVERABILITY.

       If any provision of this title or an amendment made by this 
     title is determined to be unenforceable or invalid, the 
     remaining provisions of this title and amendments made by 
     this title shall not be affected.
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