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110TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3074 

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

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 

A BILL 

To establish a grant program to provide Internet crime 

prevention education. 

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. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Internet Safety Edu5 cation Act of 2008’’. 

6 SEC. 2. ESTABLISHING GRANT PROGRAM TO PROVIDE 

7 INTERNET CRIME PREVENTION EDUCATION. 

8 (a) ESTABLISHMENT OF GRANT PROGRAM.—Subject 

9 to the availability of the funds authorized to be appro10 priated under subsection (e), the Attorney General of the 


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1 United States shall establish a program to award grants 

2 to eligible entities for the purpose of providing Internet 

3 crime prevention education. 

4 (b) ELIGIBILITY.—In order to be eligible to receive 

5 a grant under this section, an entity shall— 

6 (1) assist elementary and secondary school ad7 ministrators, faculty, and staff and law enforcement 

8 officials to implement Internet crime prevention edu9 cation; 

10 (2) be located within the United States, the 

11 Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or a territory or pos12 session of the United States; and 

13 (3) submit an application at such time, in such 

14 form, and with such information and assurances as 

15 the Attorney General may require. 

16 (c) CRITERIA FOR PRIORITIZATION OF GRANT RE17 CIPIENTS.—The Attorney General, in awarding grants 

18 under this section, shall develop selection criteria, includ19 ing but not limited to that the entity— 

20 (1) provides Internet crime prevention edu21 cation in all 50 States, the District of Columbia, the 

22 Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and territories and 

23 possessions of the United States; 

24 (2) provides Internet crime prevention edu25 cation through both in person instruction and 


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1 courses offered in whole or in part through tele2 communications; and 

3 (3) provides comprehensive curricula at no cost 

4 to participants for use in teaching elementary and 

5 secondary school students that— 

6 (A) is based on current brain development 

7 research; 

8 (B) is aligned to the National Educational 

9 Technology Standards for teachers, students, 

10 and administrators; 

11 (C) is accessible in a variety of physical 

12 settings both with and without computing capa13 bilities; and 

14 (D) meets a variety of teaching and learn15 ing needs, including materials that are age ap16 propriate and accommodate differing levels of 

17 language proficiencies. 

18 (d) INTERNET CRIME PREVENTION EDUCATION DE19 FINED.— 

20 (1) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘Internet crime 

21 prevention education’’ means programs that help 

22 parents, educators, and law enforcement officials to 

23 educate children and communities about how to rec24 ognize and prevent potentially criminal activity on 

25 the Internet, telephone, and other electronic means. 


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1 (2) RELATED DEFINITIONS.— 

2 (A) POTENTIALLY CRIMINAL ACTIVITY.— 

3 The term ‘‘potentially criminal activity’’ in4 cludes access through the Internet, telephone, 

5 and other electronic means to potentially illegal 

6 activity, including sexual or racial harassment, 

7 cyberbullying, sexual exploitation, exposure to 

8 pornography, and privacy violations. 

9 (B) CYBERBULLYING.—The term 

10 ‘‘cyberbullying’’ includes any form of psycho11 logical bullying or harassment by an individual 

12 or group, using electronic means, including e13 mail, instant messaging, text messages, blogs, 

14 telephones, pagers, and websites, to support de15 liberate, repeated, and hostile behavior that is 

16 intended to harm others. 

17 (e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

18 authorized to be appropriated $10,000,000 for grants 

19 under subsection (a) for each of the fiscal years 2009 

20 through 2013. 

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