I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1008 
To improve public awareness in the United States regarding safe use of 
the Internet through the establishment of an Office of Internet Safety 
and Public Awareness within the Federal Trade Commission. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 13, 2007 
Ms. BEAN (for herself, Mr. HILL, Mr. ARCURI, Mr. BARROW, Mr. BERRY, Ms. 
BERKLEY, Ms. BORDALLO, Mr. BOSWELL, Mr. BOYD of Florida, Mr. 
BUTTERFIELD, Mr. CARDOZA, Mr. CHANDLER, Mr. COOPER, Mr. COSTA, 
Mr. CRAMER, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. DONNELLY, Mr. DOYLE, Mr. 
ELLSWORTH, Mr. EMANUEL, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. HALL of New York, Mr. 
HINCHEY, Ms. HOOLEY, Mr. INSLEE, Mr. KIND, Mr. LIPINSKI, Mrs. 
LOWEY, Mrs. MALONEY of New York, Mr. MARSHALL, Ms. MATSUI, Mrs. 
MCCARTHY of New York, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. MCINTYRE, Mr. MEEK 
of Florida, Mr. MELANCON, Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California, Ms. 
MOORE of Wisconsin, Mr. PATRICK J. MURPHY of Pennsylvania, Mr. 
ROSS, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. SHULER, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Ms. SOLIS, Mr. 
SPRATT, Mr. TANNER, Mr. WILSON of Ohio, Mr. YARMUTH, Ms. 
WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, and Ms. SCHAKOWSKY) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To improve public awareness in the United States regarding 
safe use of the Internet through the establishment of 
an Office of Internet Safety and Public Awareness within 
the Federal Trade Commission. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Safeguarding Amer-
ica’s Families by Enhancing and Reorganizing New and 
Efficient Technologies Act of 2007’’ or the ‘‘SAFER NET 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF OFFICE. 
The Federal Trade Commission shall establish an Of-
fice of Internet Safety and Public Awareness, which shall 
have responsibility for programs and activities relating to 
increasing public awareness and providing education re-
garding Internet safety. 
SEC. 3. DIRECTOR. 
The Office shall be headed by a Director who shall 
be appointed by the Commission. 
SEC. 4. INTERNET SAFETY. 
For purposes of this Act, the issue of Internet safety 
includes issues regarding use of the Internet in a manner 
that promotes safe online activity, including safe trans-
actions involved in online commerce, and protects against 
threats to financial information and privacy, threats from 
cyber-crime, and threats to juveniles, including cyber- 
predators and material that is inappropriate for minors. 
SEC. 5. DUTIES. 
(a) ACTIVITIES.—The Commission, acting through 
the Office, shall carry out a nationwide program to in-
crease public awareness and education regarding Internet 
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safety, for families, businesses, organizations, and other 
users, that utilizes existing resources and efforts of the 
Federal Government, State and local governments, non-
profit organizations, private technology and financial com-
panies, Internet service providers, World Wide Web-based 
resources, and other appropriate entities, that includes— 
(1) evaluating Internet safety efforts and activi-
ties provided at various levels of government and by 
other entities; 
(2) improving efficiency of Internet safety ef-
forts and activities, by eliminating redundancy of ef-
forts at various levels of government and other enti-
ties, identifying, promoting, and expanding effective 
such efforts and activities and coordinating among 
such efforts and activities; 
(3) identifying, promoting, and encouraging 
best practices for Internet safety; 
(4) establishing and carrying out a national 
outreach and education campaign regarding Internet 
safety utilizing various media and Internet-based re-
sources; 
(5) serving as the primary contact in the Fed-
eral Government, and as a national clearinghouse, 
for information and public awareness efforts regard-
ing Internet safety; 
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