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TITLE IX—STUDIES
SEC. 901. STUDY ON LIMITING THE AVAILABILITY OF PORNOGRAPHY
ON THE INTERNET.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall request that
the National Academy of Sciences, acting through its National
Research Council, enter into a contract to conduct a study of com-
puter-based technologies and other approaches to the problem of
the availability of pornographic material to children on the Internet,
in order to develop possible amendments to Federal criminal law
and other law enforcement techniques to respond to the problem.
(b) CONTENTS OF STUDY.—The study under this section shall
address each of the following:
(1) The capabilities of present-day computer-based control
technologies for controlling electronic transmission of porno-
graphic images.
(2) Research needed to develop computer-based control
technologies to the point of practical utility for controlling the
electronic transmission of pornographic images.
(3) Any inherent limitations of computer-based control tech-
nologies for controlling electronic transmission of pornographic
images.
(4) Operational policies or management techniques needed
to ensure the effectiveness of these control technologies for
controlling electronic transmission of pornographic images.
(c) FINAL REPORT.—Not later than 2 years after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall submit to the
Committees on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives and
the Senate a final report of the study under this section, which
report shall—
(1) set forth the findings, conclusions, and recommendations
of the Council; and
(2) be submitted by the Committees on the Judiciary of
the House of Representatives and the Senate to relevant
Government agencies and committees of Congress.
SEC. 902. STUDY OF HOTLINES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall conduct a study
in accordance with subsection (b) and submit to Congress a report
on the results of that study.
(b) CONTENTS OF STUDY.—The study under this section shall
include an examination of—
(1) existing State programs for informing the public about
the presence of sexual predators released from prison, as
required in section 170101 of the Violent Crime Control and
Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 14071), including
the use of CD-ROMs, Internet databases, and Sexual Offender
Identification Hotlines, such as those used in the State of
California; and
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(2) the feasibility of establishing a national hotline for
parents to access a Federal Bureau of Investigation database
that tracks the location of convicted sexual predators estab-
lished under section 170102 of the Violent Crime Control and
Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 14072) and, in deter-
mining that feasibility, the Attorney General shall examine
issues including the cost, necessary changes to Federal and
State laws necessitated by the creation of such a hotline,
consistency with Federal and State case law pertaining to
community notification, and the need for, and accuracy and
reliability of, the information available through such a hotline.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.