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(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 2255(b) 
of title 18, United States Code, is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘(b) Any action’’ and inserting ‘‘(b) STATUTE OF 
LIMITATIONS.—Any action’’. 
SEC. 803. PREVENTION OF INTERACTIVITY WITH COMMER-
CIAL 
MATTER 
DURING 
CHILDREN’S 
PRO-
GRAMMING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—It shall be the duty of each cable 
operator, video service provider, multichannel video pro-
gramming distributor, satellite carrier, or any other pro-
vider of cable or over-the-air broadcast programming to pre-
vent interactivity with commercial matter during any chil-
dren’s programming whether on, broadcast, cable, satellite 
television, or any other means of delivering programming 
to children, as well as during advertisements aired during 
or adjacent to such programs. 
(b) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—For purposes of this 
section, the term ‘‘commercial matter’’ means any inter-
activity designed with the purpose of selling or promoting 
a product, service, or brand. 
SEC. 804. FCC STUDY OF BUS-CASTING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Federal Communications Com-
mission shall conduct a study of commercial proposals to 
broadcast radio or television programs for reception on-
board specially equipped school buses operated by, or under 
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contract with, local public educational agencies. In the 
study, the Commission shall examine— 
(1) the nature of the material proposed to be 
broadcast and whether it is age appropriate for the 
passengers; 
(2) the amount and nature of commercial adver-
tising to be broadcast; and 
(3) whether such broadcasts for reception by pub-
lic school buses are in the public interest. 
(b) REPORT.—The Commission shall report its find-
ings and recommendations to the Senate Committee on 
Commerce, Science, and Transportation and the House of 
Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce with-
in 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act. 
TITLE IX—INTERNET CONSUMER 
BILL OF RIGHTS ACT 
SEC. 901. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Internet Consumer Bill 
of Rights Act of 2006’’. 
SEC. 902. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds that the Federal Communications Com-
mission should seek to— 
(1) preserve the free-flow of ideas and informa-
tion on the Internet; 
(2) promote public discourse on the Internet; 
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(3) preserve the vibrant and competitive free 
market that presently exists for the Internet and other 
interactive computer services unfettered by Federal or 
State regulation; 
(4) encourage investment and innovation in 
Internet networks and applications markets through a 
diversity of business models; and 
(5) promote deployment of broadband networks 
nationwide. 
SEC. 903. CONSUMER INTERNET BILL OF RIGHTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as otherwise provided in 
this title, with respect to Internet services, each Internet 
service provider shall allow each subscriber to— 
(1) access and post any lawful content of that 
subscriber’s choosing; 
(2) access any web page of that subscriber’s 
choosing; 
(3) access and run any voice application, soft-
ware, or service of that subscriber’s choosing; 
(4) access and run any video application, soft-
ware, or service of that subscriber’s choosing; 
(5) access and run any email application, soft-
ware, or service of that subscriber’s choosing; 
(6) access and run any search engine of that sub-
scriber’s choosing; 
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(7) access and run any other application, soft-
ware, or service of that subscriber’s choosing; 
(8) connect any legal device of that subscriber’s 
choosing to the Internet access equipment of that sub-
scriber, if such device does not harm the network of 
the Internet service provider; and 
(9) receive clear and conspicuous information, in 
plain language, about the estimated speeds, capabili-
ties, limitations, and pricing of any Internet service 
offered to the public. 
(b) NO INTERFERENCE WITH THE INTERNET.—A sub-
scriber may exercise any of the rights enumerated in sub-
section (a)— 
(1) without interference from any Federal, State, 
or local government, except as specifically authorized 
by law; 
(2) without interference from an Internet service 
provider, except as otherwise provided by law; 
(3) for any legal purpose; and 
(4) subject to the limitations of the Internet serv-
ice such subscriber has purchased. 
SEC. 904. APPLICATION OF THE FIRST AMENDMENT. 
Consistent with the First Amendment to the United 
States Constitution, as applied to the States through the 
Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution— 
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