I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1120 
To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to require recipients of universal 
service support for schools and libraries to protect minors from commer-
cial social networking websites and chat rooms. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 16, 2007 
Mr. KIRK (for himself, Mr. MATHESON, Mrs. BIGGERT, Ms. GRANGER, Mr. 
ROGERS of Michigan, Mr. SHAYS, Mr. FOSSELLA, Mr. KUHL of New 
York, Mr. DAVIS of Kentucky, Mr. MARCHANT, Mr. MCKEON, Mr. GER-
LACH, and Mr. ROSKAM) introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to require recipi-
ents of universal service support for schools and libraries 
to protect minors from commercial social networking 
websites and chat rooms. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Deleting Online Preda-
tors Act of 2007’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
The Congress finds that— 
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(1) sexual predators approach minors on the 
Internet using chat rooms and social networking 
websites, and, according to the United States Attor-
ney General, one in five children has been ap-
proached sexually on the Internet; 
(2) sexual predators can use these chat rooms 
and websites to locate, learn about, befriend, and 
eventually prey on children by engaging them in sex-
ually explicit conversations, asking for photographs, 
and attempting to lure children into a face to face 
meeting; and 
(3) with the explosive growth of trendy chat 
rooms and social networking websites, it is becoming 
more and more difficult to monitor and protect mi-
nors from those with devious intentions, particularly 
when children are away from parental supervision. 
SEC. 
3. 
CERTIFICATIONS 
TO 
INCLUDE 
PROTECTIONS 
AGAINST COMMERCIAL SOCIAL NETWORKING 
WEBSITES AND CHAT ROOMS. 
(a) 
CERTIFICATION
BY
SCHOOLS.—Section 
254(h)(5)(B) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 
U.S.C. 254(h)(5)(B)) is amended by striking clause (i) 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘(i) is enforcing a policy of Internet 
safety for minors that includes monitoring 
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the online activities of minors and the op-
eration of a technology protection measure 
with respect to any of its computers with 
Internet access that— 
‘‘(I) 
protects 
against 
access 
through such computers to visual de-
pictions that are— 
‘‘(aa) obscene; 
‘‘(bb) child pornography; or 
‘‘(cc) harmful to minors; 
and 
‘‘(II) protects against access to a 
commercial social networking website 
or chat room unless used for an edu-
cational purpose with adult super-
vision; and’’. 
(b) 
CERTIFICATION
BY
LIBRARIES.—Section 
254(h)(6)(B) of such Act (47 U.S.C. 254(h)(6)(B)) is 
amended by striking clause (i) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(i) is enforcing a policy of Internet 
safety that includes the operation of a 
technology protection measure with respect 
to any of its computers with Internet ac-
cess that— 
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‘‘(I) 
protects 
against 
access 
through such computers to visual de-
pictions that are— 
‘‘(aa) obscene; 
‘‘(bb) child pornography; or 
‘‘(cc) harmful to minors; 
and 
‘‘(II) protects against access by 
minors without parental authorization 
to a commercial social networking 
website or chat room, and informs 
parents that sexual predators can use 
these websites and chat rooms to prey 
on children; and’’. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—Section 254(h)(7) is amended by 
adding at the end the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(J) COMMERCIAL
SOCIAL
NETWORKING 
WEBSITES; CHAT
ROOMS.—Within 120 days 
after the date of enactment of the Deleting On-
line Predators Act of 2007, the Commission 
shall by rule define the terms ‘social networking 
website’ and ‘chat room’ for purposes of this 
subsection. In determining the definition of a 
social networking website, the Commission shall 
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take into consideration the extent to which a 
website— 
‘‘(i) is offered by a commercial entity; 
‘‘(ii) permits registered users to create 
an on-line profile that includes detailed 
personal information; 
‘‘(iii) permits registered users to cre-
ate an on-line journal and share such a 
journal with other users; 
‘‘(iv) elicits highly-personalized infor-
mation from users; and 
‘‘(v) enables communication among 
users.’’. 
(d) DISABLING DURING ADULT OR EDUCATIONAL 
USE.—Section 254(h)(5)(D) of such Act is amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘OR
EDUCATIONAL’’ after 
‘‘DURING ADULT’’ in the heading; and 
(2) by inserting before the period at the end the 
following: ‘‘or during use by an adult or by minors 
with adult supervision to enable access for edu-
cational 
purposes 
pursuant 
to 
subparagraph 
(B)(i)(II)’’. 
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SEC. 4. FTC CONSUMER ALERT ON INTERNET DANGERS TO 
CHILDREN. 
(a) INFORMATION REGARDING CHILD PREDATORS 
AND THE INTERNET.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Federal Trade Commis-
sion shall— 
(1) issue a consumer alert regarding the poten-
tial dangers to children of Internet child predators, 
including the potential danger of commercial social 
networking websites and chat rooms through which 
personal information about child users of such 
websites may be accessed by child predators; and 
(2) establish a website to serve as a resource 
for information for parents, teachers and school ad-
ministrators, and others regarding the potential dan-
gers posed by the use of the Internet by children, in-
cluding information about commercial social net-
working websites and chat rooms through which per-
sonal information about child users of such websites 
may be accessed by child predators. 
(b) 
COMMERCIAL
SOCIAL
NETWORKING 
WEBSITES.—For purposes of the requirements under sub-
section (a), the terms ‘‘commercial social networking 
website’’ and ‘‘chat room’’ have the meanings given such 
terms pursuant to section 254(h)(7)(J) of the Commu-
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nications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 254(h)(7)(J)), as 
amended by this Act. 
Æ 
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