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110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3577 
To direct the Attorney General to provide grants for Internet safety education 
programs. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 18, 2007 
Ms. LINDA T. SA´NCHEZ of California (for herself, Mr. POMEROY, Mr. HOLT, 
Ms. DELAURO, Mrs. MCCARTHY of New York, Mr. ELLSWORTH, Mr. 
POE, Ms. BORDALLO, Mr. CHABOT, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. MCINTYRE, and 
Mr. KIND) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and 
Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, 
in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the juris-
diction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To direct the Attorney General to provide grants for Internet 
safety education programs. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. GRANTS FOR INTERNET SAFETY EDUCATION 
PROGRAMS. 
(a) GRANT FOR I-SAFE.— 
(1) GRANT.—Subject to the availability of the 
funds authorized to be appropriated under para-
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graph (2), the Attorney General shall provide a 
grant to i-Safe, Inc., to carry out Internet safety 
education programs. 
(2) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.— 
There is authorized to be appropriated $5,000,000 
for grants under paragraph (1) for each of the fiscal 
years 2008 through 2012. 
(b) COMPETITIVE GRANT PROGRAM.— 
(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—Subject to the avail-
ability of the funds authorized to be appropriated 
under paragraph (2), the Attorney General shall cre-
ate and administer a competitive grants program for 
organizations to carry out Internet safety education 
programs. 
(2) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.— 
There is authorized to be appropriated $5,000,000 
for grants under paragraph (1) for each of the fiscal 
years 2008 through 2012. 
SEC. 2. INTERNET SAFETY EDUCATION PROGRAMS DE-
FINED. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘Internet safety edu-
cation programs’’ means programs that serve to educate 
parents, children, educators, and communities about 
Internet technology and culture, appropriate online behav-
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ior, and recognition and prevention of potential Internet 
dangers. 
(b) RELATED DEFINITIONS.— 
(1) INTERNET DANGERS.—The term ‘‘Internet 
dangers’’ includes access through the Internet and 
other electronic devices to inappropriate material, 
solicitation by sexual predators, sexual or racial har-
assment, cyberbullying, and identity theft. 
(2) 
CYBERBULLYING.—The 
term 
‘‘cyberbullying’’ includes verbal or written psycho-
logical bullying or harassment by an individual or 
group, using an electronic device or devices through 
means including but not limited to e-mail, instant 
messaging, text messages, blogs, telephones, pagers, 
and websites, to support deliberate, repeated, and 
hostile behavior that is intended to harm others. 
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