(2) to comply with a policy or practice of re-
strictions on Internet freedom in an Internet-restrict-
ing country. 
SEC. 204. TRANSPARENCY REGARDING INTERNET CENSOR-
SHIP. 
(a) PROVISION OF URLS.—Any United States busi-
ness that maintains an Internet content hosting service 
shall provide the Office of Global Internet Freedom, in a 
format and with a frequency to be specified by the Office, 
with the Uniform Resource Locators (URLs) of all data and 
content that such business has, under the circumstances set 
forth in subsection (b)— 
(1) removed from the content hosting service of 
such business; 
(2) blocked from availability on the Internet; or 
(3) blocked from transmission via the Internet 
into or within an Internet-restricting country. 
(b) CIRCUMSTANCES.—The circumstances referred to 
in subsection (a) are that the United States business took 
the action under subsection (a)— 
(1) at the request of, or by reason of any other 
direct or indirect communication by, any foreign offi-
cial of an Internet-restricting country; or 
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(2) in order to comply with a policy or practice 
of restrictions on Internet freedom in an Internet-re-
stricting country. 
SEC. 205. PROTECTION OF UNITED STATES-SUPPORTED ON-
LINE CONTENT. 
A United States business that maintains an Internet 
content hosting service may not conduct Internet jamming 
of a United States-supported Web site or United States-sup-
ported content in an Internet-restricting country. 
SEC. 206. PENALTIES. 
(a) CIVIL PENALTIES.—(1)(A) Any United States 
business that violates section 202(a) shall be subject to a 
civil penalty of not more than $2,000,000 imposed in an 
action brought by the Attorney General. 
(B) Any officer, director, employee, or agent, or stock-
holder of a United States business, who is acting on behalf 
of that business concern and who violates section 202(a), 
shall be subject to a civil penalty of not more $100,000 im-
posed in an action brought by the Attorney General. 
(2) Any United States business that violates section 
201, 203, 204, or 205, or any officer, director, employee, 
or agent, or stockholder of a United States business, who 
is acting on behalf of that business concern and who violates 
section 201, 203, 204, or 205, shall be subject to a civil pen-
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alty of not more than $10,000 imposed in an action brought 
by the Attorney General. 
(b) CRIMINAL PENALTIES.—(1)(A) Any United States 
business that willfully violates, or willfully attempts to vio-
late, section 202(a) shall be fined not more than $2,000,000. 
(B) Any officer, director, employee, or agent, or stock-
holder of a United States business, who is acting on behalf 
of that business concern, and who willfully violates, or will-
fully attempts to violate, section 202(a), shall be fined not 
more than $100,000, or imprisoned not more than 5 years, 
or both. 
(2)(A) Any United States business that willfully vio-
lates, or willfully attempts to violate, section 201, 203, 204, 
or 205 shall be fined not more than $10,000. 
(B) Any officer, director, employee, or agent, or stock-
holder of a United States business, who is acting on behalf 
of that business concern and who willfully violates, or will-
fully attempts to violate, section 201, 203, 204, or 205, shall 
be fined not more than $10,000, or imprisoned not more 
than 1 year, or both. 
(c) PAYMENT OF FINES.—Whenever a fine is imposed 
under subsection (a) or (b) upon any officer, director, em-
ployee, agent, or stockholder of a United States business, 
the fine may not be paid, directly or indirectly, by the 
United States business. 
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SEC. 207. PRESIDENTIAL WAIVER. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsection (b), the Presi-
dent may waive the application of any of the provisions 
of sections 201 through 205 with respect to a United States 
business or an Internet-restricting country, if the President 
determines and so reports to the appropriate congressional 
committees that— 
(1) the government of the country has ceased the 
activities giving rise to the designation of the country 
as an Internet-restricting country; 
(2) the exercise of such waiver authority would 
further the purposes of this Act; or 
(3) the important national interest of the United 
States requires the exercise of such waiver authority. 
(b) CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION.—Not later than 
the date of the exercise of a waiver under subsection (a), 
the President shall notify the appropriate congressional 
committees of the waiver or the intention to exercise the 
waiver, together with a detailed justification for the waiver. 
TITLE 
III—EXPORT 
CONTROLS 
FOR INTERNET-RESTRICTING 
COUNTRIES 
SEC. 301. FEASIBILITY STUDY ON ESTABLISHMENT OF EX-
PORT CONTROLS. 
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of Commerce, in consultation with 
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the Secretary of State, shall complete a feasibility study re-
garding the development of export controls and export li-
cense requirements regarding the export of any item subject 
to sections 730 through 774 of title 15, Code of Federal Reg-
ulations (commonly known as the ‘‘Export Administration 
Regulations’’) to an end user in an Internet-restricting 
country for the purpose, in whole or in part, of facilitating 
substantial restrictions on Internet freedom. 
SEC. 302. REPORT. 
Not later than 30 days after the end of the 180-day 
period described in section 301, the Secretary of Commerce, 
in consultation with the Secretary of State, shall submit 
to the appropriate congressional committees a report de-
scribing the actions taken to carry out section 301. 
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Union Calendar No. 320 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 275 
[Report No. 110–481, Part I] 
A BILL 
To promote freedom of expression on the Internet, 
to protect United States businesses from coercion 
to participate in repression by authoritarian for-
eign governments, and for other purposes. 
FEBRUARY 22, 2008 
Committees on Energy and Commerce and the Judiciary 
discharged; committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union and ordered to be 
printed 
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