(d) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘appro-
priate congressional committees’’ means— 
(1) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of 
Representatives; and 
(2) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the 
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor-
tation of the Senate. 
(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are 
authorized to be appropriated to the Office to carry out this 
section $50,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2008 and 
2009. 
SEC. 105. ANNUAL DESIGNATION OF INTERNET-RESTRICT-
ING COUNTRIES; REPORT. 
(a) DESIGNATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually 
thereafter, the President shall designate Internet-re-
stricting countries for purposes of this Act. 
(2) STANDARD.—A foreign country shall be des-
ignated as an Internet-restricting country if the 
President determines that the government of the coun-
try is directly or indirectly responsible for a system-
atic pattern of substantial restrictions on Internet 
freedom during the preceding 1-year period. 
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(b) REPORT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually 
thereafter, the President shall transmit to the appro-
priate congressional committees a report that con-
tains the following: 
(A) The name of each foreign country that 
at the time of the transmission of the report is 
designated as an Internet-restricting country 
pursuant to subsection (a). 
(B) An identification of each government 
agency and quasi-government organization re-
sponsible for the substantial restrictions on 
Internet freedom in each foreign country des-
ignated as an Internet-restricting country pursu-
ant to subsection (a). 
(C) A description of efforts by the United 
States to counter the substantial restrictions on 
Internet freedom referred to in subparagraph 
(B). 
(2) FORM.—The information required by para-
graph (1)(C) of the report may be provided in a clas-
sified form if necessary. 
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(3) INTERNET
AVAILABILITY.—All unclassified 
portions of the report shall be made publicly available 
on the Internet Web site of the Department of State. 
TITLE II—MINIMUM CORPORATE 
STANDARDS 
FOR 
ONLINE 
FREEDOM 
SEC. 201. PROTECTION OF PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE IN-
FORMATION. 
(a) PROHIBITION OF LOCATING PERSONALLY IDENTI-
FIABLE INFORMATION IN INTERNET-RESTRICTING COUN-
TRIES.—A United States business may not locate, within 
a designated Internet-restricting country, any electronic 
communication that contains any personally identifiable 
information. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) TITLE
DEFINITIONS.—The terms ‘‘elec-
tronic communication’’, ‘‘electronic communications 
system’’, ‘‘electronic storage’’, and ‘‘contents’’ have the 
meanings given such terms in section 2510 of title 18, 
United States Code. 
(2) LOCATE.—The term ‘‘locate’’ includes, with 
respect to an electronic communication— 
(A) computer storage or processing by fa-
cilities of a remote computing service, as such 
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term is defined in section 2711 of title 18, 
United States Code; 
(B) electronic storage by any electronic or 
computer server or facility of an electronic com-
munications system; and 
(C) any other storage by any electronic or 
computer server or facility. 
(3) TRAFFIC
DATA.—The term ‘‘traffic data’’ 
means, with respect to an electronic communication, 
any information contained in or relating to such 
communication that is processed for the purpose of 
the conveyance of the communication by an electronic 
communications system or for the billing thereof, in-
cluding any Internet Protocol address or other means 
of identifying a location within an electronic commu-
nications system, but that does not by itself identify 
a particular person. Such term does not include the 
contents of any electronic communication. 
SEC. 202. INTEGRITY OF PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE IN-
FORMATION. 
(a) USER PROTECTION.—If a United States business 
collects or obtains personally identifiable information 
through the provision of products or services on the Internet, 
such business may not provide such information to any for-
eign official of an Internet-restricting country, except for 
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legitimate foreign law enforcement purposes as determined 
by the Department of Justice. 
(b) USE OF ESTABLISHED LEGAL CHANNELS.—Any 
information that may be provided under subsection (a) for 
legitimate foreign law enforcement purposes may only be 
provided through established legal channels as determined 
by the Department of Justice. 
(c) PRIVATE RIGHT
OF ACTION.—Any person ag-
grieved by a violation of this section may bring an action 
for damages, including punitive damages, or other appro-
priate relief in the appropriate district court of the United 
States, without regard to the amount in controversy, and 
without regard to the citizenship of the parties. 
SEC. 203. TRANSPARENCY REGARDING SEARCH ENGINE 
FILTERING. 
Any United States business that creates, provides, or 
hosts an Internet search engine shall provide the Office of 
Global Internet Freedom, in a format and with a frequency 
to be specified by the Office, with all terms and parameters 
used to filter, limit, or otherwise affect the results provided 
by the search engine that are implemented— 
(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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