II 

119TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 278 

To prohibit users who are under age 13 from accessing social media platforms, 

to prohibit the use of personalized recommendation systems on individuals under age 17, and limit the use of social media in schools. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JANUARY 28, 2025 

Mr. SCHATZ (for himself, Mr. CRUZ, Mr. MURPHY, Mrs. BRITT, Mr. WELCH, 

Mr. BUDD, Mr. KING, Mr. CURTIS, Mr. WARNER, and Mr. FETTERMAN) 

introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation 

A BILL 

To prohibit users who are under age 13 from accessing 

social media platforms, to prohibit the use of personalized recommendation systems on individuals under age 

17, and limit the use of social media in schools. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

4 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 

5 ‘‘Kids Off Social Media Act’’. 

6 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 

7 this Act is as follows: 


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Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

TITLE I—KIDS OFF SOCIAL MEDIA ACT 

Sec. 101. Short title. 

Sec. 102. Definitions. 

Sec. 103. No children under 13. 

Sec. 104. Prohibition on the use of personalized recommendation systems on 

children or teens. 

Sec. 105. Determination of whether an operator has knowledge fairly implied 

on the basis of objective circumstances that an individual is a 

child or teen. 

Sec. 106. Enforcement. 

Sec. 107. Relationship to other laws. 

Sec. 108. Effective date. 

TITLE II—EYES ON THE BOARD ACT OF 2025 

Sec. 201. Short title. 

Sec. 202. Updating the Children’s Internet Protection Act to include social 

media platforms. 

Sec. 203. Internet safety policies. 

TITLE III—SEVERABILITY 

Sec. 301. Severability. 

1 TITLE I—KIDS OFF SOCIAL 

2 MEDIA ACT 

3 SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This title may be referred to as the ‘‘Kids Off Social 

5 Media Act’’. 

6 SEC. 102. DEFINITIONS. 

7 In this title: 

8 (1) PERSONALIZED RECOMMENDATION SYS9 TEM.—The term ‘‘personalized recommendation sys10 tem’’ means a fully or partially automated system 

11 used to suggest, promote, or rank content, including 

12 other users or posts, based on the personal data of 

13 users. 


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1 (2) CHILD.—The term ‘‘child’’ means an indi2 vidual under the age of 13. 

3 (3) COMMISSION.—The term ‘‘Commission’’ 

4 means the Federal Trade Commission. 

5 (4) KNOW OR KNOWS.—The term ‘‘know’’ or 

6 ‘‘knows’’ means to have actual knowledge or knowl7 edge fairly implied on the basis of objective cir8 cumstances. 

9 (5) PERSONAL DATA.—The term ‘‘personal 

10 data’’ has the same meaning as the term ‘‘personal 

11 information’’ as defined in section 1302 of the Chil12 dren’s Online Privacy Protection Act (15 U.S.C. 

13 6501) . 

14 (6) SOCIAL MEDIAL PLATFORM.— 

15 (A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘social media 

16 platform’’ means a public-facing website, online 

17 service, online application, or mobile application 

18 that— 

19 (i) is directed to consumers; 

20 (ii) collects personal data; 

21 (iii) primarily derives revenue from 

22 advertising or the sale of personal data; 

23 and 

24 (iv) as its primary function provides a 

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1 tent, including messages, videos, and audio 

2 files among users where such content is 

3 primarily intended for viewing, resharing, 

4 or platform-enabled distributed social en5 dorsement or comment. 

6 (B) LIMITATION.—The term ‘‘social medial 

7 platform’’ does not include a platform that, as 

8 its primary function for consumers, provides or 

9 facilitates any of the following: 

10 (i) The purchase and sale of commer11 cial goods. 

12 (ii) Teleconferencing or 

13 videoconferencing services that allow recep14 tion and transmission of audio or video 

15 signals for real-time communication, pro16 vided that the real-time communication is 

17 initiated by using a unique link or identi18 fier to facilitate access. 

19 (iii) Crowd-sourced reference guides 

20 such as encyclopedias and dictionaries. 

21 (iv) Cloud storage, file sharing, or file 

22 collaboration services, including such serv23 ices that allow collaborative editing by in24 vited users. 


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1 (v) The playing or creation of video 

2 games. 

3 (vi) Content that consists primarily of 

4 news, sports, sports coverage, entertain5 ment, or other information or content that 

6 is not user-generated but is preselected by 

7 the platform and for which any chat, com8 ment, or interactive functionality is inci9 dental, directly related to, or dependent on 

10 the provision of the content provided by 

11 the platform. 

12 (vii) Business, product, or travel in13 formation including user reviews or 

14 rankings of such businesses, products, or 

15 other travel information. 

16 (viii) Educational information, experi17 ences, training, or instruction provided to 

18 build knowledge, skills, or a craft, district19 sanctioned or school-sanctioned learning 

20 management systems and school informa21 tion systems for the purposes of schools 

22 conveying content related to the education 

23 of students, or services or services on be24 half of or in support of an elementary 

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1 are defined in section 8101 of the Elemen2 tary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 

3 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 

4 (ix) An email service. 

5 (x) A wireless messaging service, in6 cluding such a service provided through 

7 short message service or multimedia mes8 saging protocols, that is not a component 

9 of, or linked to, a social media platform 

10 and where the predominant or exclusive 

11 function of the messaging service is direct 

12 messaging consisting of the transmission of 

13 text, photos, or videos that are sent by 

14 electronic means, where messages are 

15 transmitted from the sender to the recipi16 ent and are not posted publicly or within 

17 a social media platform. 

18 (xi) A broadband internet access serv19 ice (as such term is defined for purposes of 

20 section 8.1(b) of title 47, Code of Federal 

21 Regulations, or any successor regulation). 

22 (xii) A virtual private network or simi23 lar service that exists solely to route inter24 net traffic between locations. 


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1 (7) TEEN.—The term ‘‘teen’’ means an indi2 vidual over the age of 12 and under the age of 17. 

3 (8) USER.—The term ‘‘user’’ means, with re4 spect to a social media platform, an individual who 

5 registers an account or creates a profile on the social 

6 media platform. 

7 SEC. 103. NO CHILDREN UNDER 13. 

8 (a) NO ACCOUNTS FOR CHILDREN UNDER 13.—A 

9 social media platform shall not permit an individual to cre10 ate or maintain an account or profile if it knows that the 

11 individual is a child. 

12 (b) TERMINATION OF EXISTING ACCOUNTS BELONG13 ING TO CHILDREN.—A social media platform shall termi14 nate any existing account or profile of a user who the so15 cial media platform knows is a child. 

16 (c) DELETION OF CHILDREN’S PERSONAL DATA.— 

17 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), 

18 upon termination of an existing account or profile of 

19 a user pursuant to subsection (b), a social media 

20 platform shall immediately delete all personal data 

21 collected from the user or submitted by the user to 

22 the social media platform. 

23 (2) CHILDREN’S ACCESS TO PERSONAL DATA.— 

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1 form shall allow the user of an existing account or 

2 profile that the social media platform has terminated 

3 under subsection (b), from the date such termination 

4 occurs to the date that is 90 days after such date, 

5 to request, and shall provide to such user upon such 

6 request, a copy of the personal data collected from 

7 the user or submitted by the user to the social media 

8 platform both— 

9 (A) in a manner that is readable and 

10 which a reasonable person can understand; and 

11 (B) in a portable, structured, and machine12 readable format. 

13 (d) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in sub14 section (c) shall be construed to prohibit a social media 

15 platform from retaining a record of the termination of an 

16 account or profile and the minimum information necessary 

17 for the purposes of ensuring compliance with this section. 

18 SEC. 104. PROHIBITION ON THE USE OF PERSONALIZED 

19 RECOMMENDATION SYSTEMS ON CHILDREN 

20 OR TEENS. 

21 (a) IN GENERAL.— 

22 (1) PROHIBITION ON USE OF PERSONALIZED

23 RECOMMENDATION SYSTEMS ON CHILDREN OR

24 TEENS.—Except as provided in paragraph (2), a so25 cial media platform shall not use the personal data 


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1 of a user or visitor in a personalized recommenda2 tion system to display content if the platform knows 

3 that the user or visitor is a child or teen. 

4 (2) EXCEPTION.—A social media platform may 

5 use a personalized recommendation system to dis6 play content to a child or teen if the system only 

7 uses the following personal data of the child or teen: 

8 (A) The type of device used by the child or 

9 teen. 

10 (B) The languages used by the child or 

11 teen to communicate. 

12 (C) The city or town in which the child or 

13 teen is located. 

14 (D) The fact that the individual is a child 

15 or teen. 

16 (E) The age of the child or teen. 

17 (b) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—The prohibition in 

18 subsection (a) shall not be construed to— 

19 (1) prevent a social media platform from pro20 viding search results to a child or teen deliberately 

21 or independently searching for (such as by typing a 

22 phrase into a search bar or providing spoken input), 

23 or specifically requesting, content, so long as such 

24 results are not based on the personal data of the 


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1 child or teen (except to the extent permitted under 

2 subsection (a)(2)); 

3 (2) prevent a social media platform from taking 

4 reasonable measures to— 

5 (A) block, detect, or prevent the distribu6 tion of unlawful or obscene material; 

7 (B) block or filter spam, or protect the se8 curity of a platform or service; or 

9 (C) prevent criminal activity; or 

10 (3) prohibit a social media platform from dis11 playing user-generated content that has been se12 lected, followed, or subscribed to by a teen account 

13 holder as long as the display of the content is based 

14 on a chronological format. 

15 SEC. 105. DETERMINATION OF WHETHER AN OPERATOR 

16 HAS KNOWLEDGE FAIRLY IMPLIED ON THE 

17 BASIS OF OBJECTIVE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT 

18 AN INDIVIDUAL IS A CHILD OR TEEN. 

19 (a) RULES OF CONSTRUCTION.—For purposes of en20 forcing this title, in making a determination as to whether 

21 a social media platform has knowledge fairly implied on 

22 the basis of objective circumstances that a user is a child 

23 or teen, the Commission or the attorney general of a State, 

24 as applicable, shall rely on competent and reliable evi25 dence, taking into account the totality of circumstances, 


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1 including whether a reasonable and prudent person under 

2 the circumstances would have known that the user is a 

3 child or teen. 

4 (b) PROTECTIONS FOR PRIVACY.—Nothing in this 

5 title, including a determination described in subsection 

6 (a), shall be construed to require a social media platform 

7 to— 

8 (1) implement an age gating or age verification 

9 functionality; or 

10 (2) affirmatively collect any personal data with 

11 respect to the age of users that the social media 

12 platform is not already collecting in the normal 

13 course of business. 

14 (c) RESTRICTION ON USE AND RETENTION OF PER15 SONAL DATA.—If a social media platform or a third party 

16 acting on behalf of a social media platform voluntarily col17 lects personal data for the purpose of complying with this 

18 title, the social media platform or a third party shall not— 

19 (1) use any personal data collected specifically 

20 for a purpose other than for sole compliance with 

21 the obligations under this title; or 

22 (2) retain any personal data collected from a 

23 user for longer than is necessary to comply with the 

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1 SEC. 106. ENFORCEMENT. 

2 (a) ENFORCEMENT BY COMMISSION.— 

3 (1) UNFAIR OR DECEPTIVE ACTS OR PRAC4 TICES.—A violation of this title shall be treated as 

5 a violation of a rule defining an unfair or deceptive 

6 act or practice prescribed under section 18(a)(1)(B) 

7 of the Federal Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 

8 57a(a)(1)(B)). 

9 (2) POWERS OF COMMISSION.— 

10 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Commission shall 

11 enforce this title in the same manner, by the 

12 same means, and with the same jurisdiction, 

13 powers, and duties as though all applicable 

14 terms and provisions of the Federal Trade 

15 Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 41 et seq.) were in16 corporated into and made a part of this title. 

17 (B) PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES.—Any 

18 person who violates this title shall be subject to 

19 the penalties and entitled to the privileges and 

20 immunities provided in the Federal Trade Com21 mission Act (15 U.S.C. 41 et seq.). 

22 (3) AUTHORITY PRESERVED.—Nothing in this 

23 title shall be construed to limit the authority of the 

24 Commission under any other provision of law. 

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1 (1) AUTHORIZATION.—Subject to paragraph 

2 (3), in any case in which the attorney general of a 

3 State has reason to believe that an interest of the 

4 residents of the State has been or is threatened or 

5 adversely affected by the engagement of a social 

6 media platform in a practice that violates this title, 

7 the attorney general of the State may, as parens 

8 patriae, bring a civil action against the social media 

9 platform on behalf of the residents of the State in 

10 an appropriate district court of the United States 

11 to— 

12 (A) enjoin that practice; 

13 (B) enforce compliance with this title; 

14 (C) on behalf of residents of the States, 

15 obtain damages, restitution, or other compensa16 tion, each of which shall be distributed in ac17 cordance with State law; or 

18 (D) obtain such other relief as the court 

19 may consider to be appropriate. 

20 (2) RIGHTS OF FEDERAL TRADE COMMIS21 SION.— 

22 (A) NOTICE TO FEDERAL TRADE COMMIS23 SION.— 

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1 in writing that the attorney general in2 tends to bring a civil action under para3 graph (1) before the filing of the civil ac4 tion. 

5 (ii) CONTENTS.—The notification re6 quired under clause (i) with respect to a 

7 civil action shall include a copy of the com8 plaint to be filed to initiate the civil action. 

9 (iii) Clause (i) shall not apply with re10 spect to the filing of an action by an attor11 ney general of a State under this para12 graph if the attorney general of the State 

13 determines that it not feasible to provide 

14 the notice required in that clause before 

15 filing the action. 

16 (B) INTERVENTION BY FEDERAL TRADE

17 COMMISSION.—Upon receiving notice under 

18 subparagraph (A)(i), the Commission shall have 

19 the right to intervene in the action that is the 

20 subject of the notice. 

21 (3) EFFECT OF INTERVENTION.—If the Com22 mission intervenes in an action under paragraph (1), 

23 it shall have the right— 

24 (A) to be heard with respect to any matter 

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1 (B) file a petition for appeal. 

2 (4) INVESTIGATORY POWERS.—Nothing in this 

3 subsection may be construed to prevent the attorney 

4 general of a State from exercising the powers con5 ferred on the attorney general by the laws of the 

6 State to— 

7 (A) conduct investigations; 

8 (B) administer oaths or affirmations; or 

9 (C) compel the attendance of witnesses or 

10 the production of documentary or other evi11 dence. 

12 (5) PREEMPTIVE ACTION BY FEDERAL TRADE

13 COMMISSION.—In any case in which an action is in14 stituted by or on behalf of the Commission for a vio15 lation of this Act, no State may , during the pend16 ency of that action, institute a separate civil action 

17 under paragraph (1) against any defendant named 

18 in the complaint in the action instituted by or on be19 half of the Commission for that violation. 

20 (6) VENUE; SERVICE OF PROCESS.— 

21 (A) VENUE.—Any action brought under 

22 paragraph (1) may be brought in— 

23 (i) the district court of the United 

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1 relating to venue under section 1391 of 

2 title 28, United States Code; or 

3 (ii) another court of competent juris4 diction. 

5 (B) SERVICE OF PROCESS.—In an action 

6 brought under paragraph (1), process may be 

7 served in any district in which the defendant— 

8 (i) is an inhabitant; or 

9 (ii) may be found. 

10 SEC. 107. RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER LAWS. 

11 The provisions of this title shall preempt any State 

12 law, rule, or regulation only to the extent that such State 

13 law, rule, or regulation conflicts with a provision of this 

14 title. Nothing in this title shall be construed to prohibit 

15 a State from enacting a law, rule, or regulation that pro16 vides greater protection to children or teens than the pro17 tection provided by the provisions of this title. Nothing 

18 in this title shall be construed to— 

19 (1) affect the application of— 

20 (A) section 444 of the General Education 

21 Provisions Act (20 U.S.C. 1232g, commonly 

22 known as the ‘‘Family Educational Rights and 

23 Privacy Act of 1974’’) or other Federal or State 

24 laws governing student privacy; or 


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1 (B) the Children’s Online Privacy Protec2 tion Act of 1998 (15 U.S.C. 6501 et seq.) or 

3 any rule or regulation promulgated under such 

4 Act; or 

5 (2) authorize any action that would conflict 

6 with section 18(h) of the Federal Trade Commission 

7 Act (15 U.S.C. 57a(h)). 

8 SEC. 108. EFFECTIVE DATE. 

9 This title shall take effect 1 year after the date of 

10 enactment of this Act. 

11 TITLE II—EYES ON THE BOARD 

12 ACT OF 2025 

13 SEC. 201. SHORT TITLE. 

14 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Eyes on the Board 

15 Act of 2025’’. 

16 SEC. 202. UPDATING THE CHILDREN’S INTERNET PROTEC17 TION ACT TO INCLUDE SOCIAL MEDIA PLAT18 FORMS. 

19 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1721 of the Children’s 

20 Internet Protection Act (title XVII of Public Law 106– 

21 554) is amended— 

22 (1) by redesignating subsections (f) through (h) 

23 as subsections (g) through (i), respectively; and 

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1 ‘‘(f) LIMITATION ON USE OF SCHOOL BROADBAND

2 SUBSIDIES FOR ACCESS TO SOCIAL MEDIA PLAT3 FORMS.— 

4 ‘‘(1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 

5 ‘‘(A) COMMISSION.—The term ‘Commis6 sion’ means the Federal Communications Com7 mission. 

8 ‘‘(B) SECTION 254(H).—The term ‘section 

9 254(h)’ means section 254(h) of the Commu10 nications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 254(h)). 

11 ‘‘(C) SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM.—The 

12 term ‘social media platform’— 

13 ‘‘(i) means any website, online service, 

14 online application, or mobile application 

15 that— 

16 ‘‘(I) serves the public; and 

17 ‘‘(II) primarily provides a forum 

18 for users to communicate user-gen19 erated content, including messages, 

20 videos, images, and audio files, to 

21 other online users; and 

22 ‘‘(ii) does not include— 

23 ‘‘(I) an internet service provider; 

24 ‘‘(II) electronic mail; 


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1 ‘‘(III) an online service, applica2 tion, or website— 

3 ‘‘(aa) that consists primarily 

4 of content that is not user-gen5 erated, but is preselected by the 

6 provider; and 

7 ‘‘(bb) for which any chat, 

8 comment, or interactive 

9 functionality is incidental to, di10 rectly related to, or dependent on 

11 the provision of content described 

12 in item (aa); 

13 ‘‘(IV) an online service, applica14 tion, or website— 

15 ‘‘(aa) that is non-commercial 

16 and primarily designed for edu17 cational purposes; and 

18 ‘‘(bb) the revenue of which 

19 is not primarily derived from ad20 vertising or the sale of personal 

21 data; 

22 ‘‘(V) a wireless messaging serv23 ice, including such a service provided 

24 through a short messaging service or 

25 multimedia service protocols— 


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1 ‘‘(aa) that is not a compo2 nent of, or linked to, a website, 

3 online service, online application, 

4 or mobile application described in 

5 clause (i); and 

6 ‘‘(bb) the predominant or 

7 exclusive function of which is di8 rect messaging consisting of the 

9 transmission of text, photos, or 

10 videos that— 

11 ‘‘(AA) are sent by elec12 tronic means from the send13 er to a recipient; and 

14 ‘‘(BB) are not posted 

15 publicly or on a website, on16 line service, online applica17 tion, or mobile application 

18 described in clause (i); 

19 ‘‘(VI) a teleconferencing or video 

20 conferencing service that allows for 

21 the reception and transmission of 

22 audio or video signals for real-time 

23 communication that is initiated by 

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1 ‘‘(VII) a product or service that 

2 primarily functions as business-to3 business software or a cloud storage, 

4 file sharing, or file collaboration serv5 ice; or 

6 ‘‘(VIII) an organization that is 

7 not organized to carry on business for 

8 the profit of the organization or of the 

9 members of the organization. 

10 ‘‘(D) TECHNOLOGY PROTECTION MEAS11 URE.—The term ‘technology protection meas12 ure’ means a specific technology that blocks or 

13 filters access to a social media platform. 

14 ‘‘(2) REQUIREMENTS WITH RESPECT TO SOCIAL

15 MEDIA PLATFORMS.— 

16 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.— 

17 ‘‘(i) CERTIFICATION REQUIRED.—An 

18 elementary or secondary school that is sub19 ject to paragraph (5) of section 254(h) 

20 may not receive services at discount rates 

21 under section 254(h) unless the school, 

22 school board, local educational agency, or 

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1 ‘‘(I) submits to the Commission 

2 the certification described in subpara3 graph (B); and 

4 ‘‘(II) ensures that the use of the 

5 school’s supported services, devices, 

6 and networks is in accordance with 

7 the certification described in subclause 

8 (I). 

9 ‘‘(ii) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.— 

10 Nothing in clause (i) may be construed to 

11 prohibit— 

12 ‘‘(I) district-sanctioned or school13 sanctioned learning management sys14 tems and school information systems 

15 used for purposes of schools conveying 

16 content related to the education of 

17 students; or 

18 ‘‘(II) a teacher from using a so19 cial media platform for educational in20 struction. 

21 ‘‘(B) CERTIFICATION WITH RESPECT TO

22 STUDENTS AND SOCIAL MEDIA.— 

23 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—A certification 

24 under this subparagraph is a certification 

25 that the applicable school, school board, 


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1 local educational agency, or other authority 

2 with responsibility for administration of 

3 the school— 

4 ‘‘(I) is enforcing a policy of pre5 venting students of the school from 

6 accessing social media platforms on 

7 any supported service, device, or net8 work that includes— 

9 ‘‘(aa) monitoring the online 

10 activities of any such service, de11 vice, or network to determine if 

12 those students are accessing so13 cial media platforms; and 

14 ‘‘(bb) the operation of a 

15 technology protection measure 

16 with respect to those services, de17 vices, and networks that protects 

18 against access by those students 

19 to a social media platform; and 

20 ‘‘(II) is enforcing the operation 

21 of the technology protection measure 

22 described in subclause (I) during any 

23 use of supported services, devices, or 

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1 ‘‘(ii) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.— 

2 Nothing in this subparagraph may be con3 strued to require the applicable school, 

4 school board, local educational agency, or 

5 other authority to track an individual 

6 website, online application, or mobile appli7 cation that a student is attempting to ac8 cess (or any search terms used by, or the 

9 browsing history of a student) beyond the 

10 identity of the website or application and 

11 whether access to the website or applica12 tion is blocked by a technology protection 

13 measure because the website or application 

14 is a social media platform. 

15 ‘‘(C) TIMING OF IMPLEMENTATION.— 

16 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—In the case of a 

17 school to which this paragraph applies, the 

18 certification under this paragraph shall be 

19 made— 

20 ‘‘(I) with respect to the first pro21 gram funding year under section 

22 254(h) after the date of enactment of 

23 the Eyes on the Board Act of 2025, 

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1 ginning of that program funding year; 

2 and 

3 ‘‘(II) with respect to any subse4 quent funding year, as part of the ap5 plication process for that program 

6 funding year. 

7 ‘‘(ii) PROCESS.— 

8 ‘‘(I) SCHOOLS WITH MEASURES

9 IN PLACE.—A school covered by 

10 clause (i) that has in place measures 

11 meeting the requirements necessary 

12 for certification under this paragraph 

13 shall certify its compliance with this 

14 paragraph during each annual pro15 gram application cycle under section 

16 254(h), except that, with respect to 

17 the first program funding year after 

18 the date of enactment of the Eyes on 

19 the Board Act of 2025, the certifi20 cation shall be made not later than 

21 120 days after the beginning of that 

22 first program funding year. 

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1 ‘‘(aa) FIRST 2 PROGRAM

2 YEARS.—A school covered by 

3 clause (i) that does not have in 

4 place measures meeting the re5 quirements for certification under 

6 this paragraph— 

7 ‘‘(AA) for the first pro8 gram year after the date of 

9 enactment of the Eyes on 

10 the Board Act of 2025 in 

11 which the school is applying 

12 for funds under section 

13 254(h), shall certify that the 

14 school is undertaking such 

15 actions, including any nec16 essary procurement proce17 dures, to put in place meas18 ures meeting the require19 ments for certification under 

20 this paragraph; and 

21 ‘‘(BB) for the second 

22 program year after the date 

23 of enactment of the Eyes on 

24 the Board Act of 2025 in 

25 which the school is applying 


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1 for funds under section 

2 254(h), shall certify that the 

3 school is in compliance with 

4 this paragraph. 

5 ‘‘(bb) SUBSEQUENT PRO6 GRAM YEARS.—Any school that is 

7 unable to certify compliance with 

8 such requirements in such second 

9 program year shall be ineligible 

10 for services at discount rates or 

11 funding in lieu of services at such 

12 rates under section 254(h) for 

13 such second year and all subse14 quent program years under sec15 tion 254(h), until such time as 

16 such school comes into compli17 ance with this paragraph. 

18 ‘‘(III) WAIVERS.—Any school 

19 subject to subclause (II) that cannot 

20 come into compliance with subpara21 graph (B) in such second program 

22 year may seek a waiver of subclause 

23 (II)(aa)(BB) if State or local procure24 ment rules or regulations or competi25 tive bidding requirements prevent the 


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1 making of the certification otherwise 

2 required by such subclause. A school, 

3 school board, local educational agency, 

4 or other authority with responsibility 

5 for administration of the school shall 

6 notify the Commission of the applica7 bility of such subclause to the school. 

8 Such notice shall certify that the 

9 school in question will be brought into 

10 compliance before the start of the 

11 third program year after the date of 

12 enactment of the Eyes on the Board 

13 Act of 2025 in which the school is ap14 plying for funds under section 254(h). 

15 ‘‘(D) NONCOMPLIANCE.— 

16 ‘‘(i) FAILURE TO SUBMIT CERTIFI17 CATION.—Any school that knowingly fails 

18 to comply with the application guidelines 

19 regarding the annual submission of a cer20 tification required by this paragraph shall 

21 not be eligible for services at discount rates 

22 or funding in lieu of services at such rates 

23 under section 254(h). 

24 ‘‘(ii) FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH CER25 TIFICATION.—Any school that knowingly 


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1 fails to ensure the use of its supported 

2 services, devices, and networks is in ac3 cordance with a certification under sub4 paragraph (B) shall reimburse any funds 

5 and discounts received under section 

6 254(h) for the period covered by such cer7 tification. 

8 ‘‘(iii) REMEDY OF NONCOMPLIANCE.— 

9 ‘‘(I) FAILURE TO SUBMIT.—A 

10 school that has failed to submit a cer11 tification under clause (i) may remedy 

12 the failure by submitting the certifi13 cation to which the failure relates. 

14 Upon submittal of such certification, 

15 the school shall be eligible for services 

16 at discount rates under section 

17 254(h). 

18 ‘‘(II) FAILURE TO COMPLY.—A 

19 school that has failed to comply with 

20 a certification as described in clause 

21 (ii) may remedy the failure by ensur22 ing that the use of its supported serv23 ices, devices, and networks is in ac24 cordance with such certification. Upon 

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1 tification or other appropriate evi2 dence of such remedy, the school shall 

3 be eligible for services at discount 

4 rates under section 254(h). 

5 ‘‘(E) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing 

6 in this paragraph may be construed to consider 

7 a school, school board, local educational agency, 

8 or other authority with responsibility for the ad9 ministration of a school in violation of this 

10 paragraph, or subject to a delay in the proc11 essing of funding applications or requests for 

12 reimbursement, if that school, school board, 

13 local educational agency, or other authority 

14 makes a good faith effort to comply with this 

15 paragraph and to correct a known violation of 

16 this paragraph within a reasonable period of 

17 time. 

18 ‘‘(3) ENFORCEMENT.— 

19 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Commission 

20 shall— 

21 ‘‘(i) not later than 120 days after the 

22 date of enactment of the Eyes on the 

23 Board Act of 2025, amend the rules of the 

24 Commission to carry out this subsection; 

25 and 


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1 ‘‘(ii) subject to subparagraph (B), en2 force this subsection, and any rules issued 

3 under this subsection, as if this subsection 

4 and those rules were part of the Commu5 nications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 151 et 

6 seq.) or the rules issued under that Act. 

7 ‘‘(B) LIMITATIONS.— 

8 ‘‘(i) NONCOMPLIANCE DESPITE GOOD

9 FAITH EFFORTS.—The Commission may 

10 not seek recovery of funding provided 

11 under section 254(h), or delay the proc12 essing of a funding application, because of 

13 the violation by a school, school board, 

14 local educational agency, or other authority 

15 with responsibility for administration of 

16 the school of any requirement of this sub17 section, or any rule issued under this sub18 section, if the school, school board, local 

19 educational agency, or other authority with 

20 responsibility for administration of the 

21 school made a good faith effort to comply 

22 with that requirement and correct any 

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1 ‘‘(ii) NONCOMPLIANCE WITHOUT

2 GOOD FAITH EFFORTS.—With respect to 

3 any violation of a requirement of this sub4 section, or any rule issued under this sub5 section, in which a school, school board, 

6 local educational agency, or other authority 

7 with responsibility for administration of 

8 the school does not make a good faith ef9 fort to comply with that requirement, or 

10 does not correct any known violation of 

11 that requirement within a reasonable pe12 riod of time, the Commission shall seek re13 covery of the funding provided to the 

14 school under section 254(h) for such pe15 riod consistent with the remedy established 

16 under paragraph (2)(D)(iii). 

17 ‘‘(4) EXEMPTION FOR CERTAIN LIBRARIES.— 

18 Nothing in this subsection may be construed to re19 quire a library (as defined in section 213 of the Mu20 seum and Library Services Act (20 U.S.C. 9122)), 

21 except a library of an elementary or secondary 

22 school, to comply with the requirements of this sub23 section or any rule issued under this subsection.’’. 


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1 (b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

2 Section 254(h) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 

3 U.S.C. 254(h)) is amended— 

4 (1) in paragraph (5)(E)— 

5 (A) in clause (i), in the matter preceding 

6 subclause (I), by striking ‘‘1721(h)’’ and insert7 ing ‘‘1721(i)’’; and 

8 (B) in clause (ii)(I), by striking ‘‘1721(h)’’ 

9 and inserting ‘‘1721(i)’’; and 

10 (2) in paragraph (6)(E)— 

11 (A) in clause (i), in the matter preceding 

12 subclause (I), by striking ‘‘1721(h)’’ and insert13 ing ‘‘1721(i)’’; and 

14 (B) in clause (ii)(I), by striking ‘‘1721(h)’’ 

15 and inserting ‘‘1721(i)’’. 

16 SEC. 203. INTERNET SAFETY POLICIES. 

17 Section 254 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 

18 U.S.C. 254) is amended— 

19 (1) in subsection (h)(5)— 

20 (A) in subparagraph (A)(i)— 

21 (i) in subclause (I), by inserting ‘‘and 

22 copies of the Internet safety policy to 

23 which each such certification pertains’’ be24 fore the semicolon at the end; and 

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1 (I) by striking ‘‘Commission’’ 

2 and all that follows through the end 

3 of the subclause and inserting the fol4 lowing: ‘‘Commission— 

5 ‘‘(aa) a certification that an 

6 Internet safety policy described 

7 in subclause (I) have been adopt8 ed and implemented for the 

9 school; and’’; and 

10 (II) by adding at the end the fol11 lowing: 

12 ‘‘(bb) copies of the Internet 

13 safety policy described in item 

14 (aa); and’’; and 

15 (B) by adding at the end the following: 

16 ‘‘(G) DATABASE OF INTERNET SAFETY

17 POLICIES.—The Commission shall establish an 

18 easily accessible, public database that contains 

19 each Internet safety policy submitted to the 

20 Commission under subclauses (I) and (II) of 

21 subparagraph (A)(i).’’; and 

22 (2) in subsection (l), by striking paragraph (3) 

23 and inserting the following: 

24 ‘‘(3) AVAILABILITY FOR REVIEW.—A copy of 

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1 under this subsection shall be made available to the 

2 Commission, upon request of the Commission, by the 

3 library for purposes of the review of the Internet 

4 safety policy by the Commission.’’. 

5 TITLE III—SEVERABILITY 

6 SEC. 301. SEVERABILITY. 

7 If any provision of this Act is determined to be unen8 forceable or invalid, the remaining provisions of this Act 

9 shall not be affected. 

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