I 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6120 
To direct the Attorney General to provide grants for Internet crime prevention 
education. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 21, 2008 
Ms. LINDA T. SA´NCHEZ of California (for herself, Ms. BERKLEY, Ms. 
BORDALLO, Mr. CASTLE, Mr. CHABOT, Mr. ELLSWORTH, Mr. LANGEVIN, 
Mrs. MCCARTHY of New York, and Mr. KENNEDY) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To direct the Attorney General to provide grants for Internet 
crime prevention education. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. ESTABLISHING GRANT PROGRAM TO PROVIDE 
INTERNET CRIME PREVENTION EDUCATION. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF GRANT PROGRAM.—Subject 
to the availability of the funds authorized to be appro-
priated under subsection (e), the Attorney General shall 
establish a program to award grants to eligible entities 
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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 ad-
ministrators, faculty, and staff and law enforcement 
officials to implement Internet crime prevention edu-
cation; 
(2) be located within the United States, the 
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or a territory or pos-
session 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 RE-
CIPIENTS.—The Attorney General, in awarding grants 
under this section, shall develop selection criteria, includ-
ing, but not limited to, that the entity— 
(1) provides Internet crime prevention edu-
cation 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 edu-
cation through both in person instruction and 
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courses offered in whole or in part through tele-
communications; 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 capa-
bilities; and 
(D) meets a variety of teaching and learn-
ing needs, including materials that are age ap-
propriate and accomodate differing levels of 
language proficiencies. 
(d) INTERNET CRIME PREVENTION EDUCATION DE-
FINED.— 
(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 rec-
ognize and prevent potentially criminal activity on 
the Internet, telephone, and other electronic means. 
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(2) RELATED DEFINITIONS.— 
(A) POTENTIALLY CRIMINAL ACTIVITY.— 
The term ‘‘potentially criminal activity’’ in-
cludes 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 ‘‘cyber-
bullying’’ includes any form of psychological 
bullying or harassment by an individual or 
group, using electronic means including e-mail, 
instant messaging, text messages, blogs, tele-
phones, pagers, and Web sites, to support delib-
erate, repeated, and hostile behavior that is in-
tended 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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