[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 35 (Tuesday, February 22, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8682-8683]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-4147]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Telecommunications and Information Administration

[Docket No. 000216044-0044-01]


Public Meeting, Child Online Protection Act Commission

AGENCY: National Telecommunications and Information Administration, 
Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: In October 1998, Congress passed the Child Online Protection 
Act (COPA), Pub. L. No. 105-277, 112 Stat. 2681-736 (1998), to restrict 
the commercial distribution of material that is harmful to minors on 
the Internet. The Act established a Commission to examine the extent to 
which current technological tools effectively help to protect children 
from inappropriate online content. Under the statute, the Speaker of 
the House and the Senator Majority Leader selected 16 members of the 
Commission from the public and private sector. In addition, the statute 
provided that representatives from the Federal Trade Commission, the 
Department of Justice, and the National Telecommunications and 
Information Administration will also serve on the Commission as ``ex 
officio'' members. The original COPA legislative language

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required the Commission to submit a report to Congress one year from 
the date of the enactment. Congress extended the report deadline to 
November 30, 2000 under the Intellectual Property and Communications 
Omnibus Reform Act of 1999, Pub. L. No. 106-113 Sec. 1000(a)(9), 113 
Stat 1501, 1536 (1999). The new legislation mandates that the 
Commission hold its first meeting no later than March 31, 2000.

DATES: The COPA Commission's first meeting will be held from 10:30 
a.m.-12:30 p.m. on March 7, 2000, at the U.S. Department of Commerce, 
Room 4830, 1401 Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20230. The 
meeting will be open to the public.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sallianne Fortunato, Office of Policy 
Analysis and Development, National Telecommunications and Information 
Administration; telephone (202) 482-1880; or electronic mail 
[email protected].>
    Media inquiries should be directed to the Office of Public Affairs, 
National Telecommunications and Information Administration, at (202) 
482-7002.
    Public Participation: The COPA Commission Meeting is open to the 
public on a first-come, first-served basis and physically accessible to 
people with disabilities. To facilitate entry into the Department of 
Commerce building, please have a photo identification available and/or 
a U.S. Government building pass if applicable. Any member of the public 
wishing to attend and requiring special services, such as a sign 
language interpretation or other ancillary aids, should contact, 
Sallianne Fortunato, Office of Policy Analysis and Development, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, at least five (5) working days prior to the 
COPA Commission Meeting, at either telephone number (202) 482-1880 or 
electronic mail at [email protected].>

Kathy Smith,
Chief Counsel.
[FR Doc. 00-4147 Filed 2-18-00; 8:45 am]
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