(6) facilitating access to, and the exchange of, 
information regarding Internet safety to promote up- 
to-date knowledge regarding current issues; 
(7) providing expert advice and consultation to 
the Commission regarding Internet safety issues; 
and 
(8) providing assistance, including technical as-
sistance and financial assistance under subsection 
(c), to States, units of local government, schools, po-
lice departments, non-profit organizations, and such 
other entities as the Office considers appropriate to 
promote Internet safety education and public aware-
ness. 
(b) GRANTS AND CONTRACTS.— 
(1) AUTHORITY.—In carrying out subsection 
(b), the Commission, acting through the Office, may 
make grants, to the extent amounts are provided in 
advance in appropriation Acts for such grants, to, 
and enter into cooperative agreements, contracts, 
and interagency agreements with States, units of 
local government, schools, police departments, non- 
profit organizations, and such other public and pri-
vate agencies, entities, and organizations as the Of-
fice considers appropriate. 
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(2) EVALUATION.—The Commission, acting 
through the Office, shall provide for evaluations of 
projects and activities carried out with financial as-
sistance provided under paragraph (1) and for the 
dissemination of information developed as a result of 
such projects. 
SEC. 6. ANNUAL REPORTS. 
The Commission, acting through the Office, shall 
submit a report not later than March 31 of each year 
that— 
(1) describes the activities of the Office during 
the preceding calendar year; 
(2) contains any evaluations performed pursu-
ant to subsection (c)(2) for any projects and activi-
ties carried out during the preceding calendar with 
assistance under subsection (c)(1); 
(3) describes and analyzes the current state, as 
of the preparation of such report, of Internet safety, 
existing and emerging threats to Internet safety, and 
costs to the economy of the United States resulting 
from preventing, responding to, eliminating, and 
otherwise dealing with threats to Internet safety. 
SEC. 7. DEFINITIONS. 
For purposes of this Act, the following definitions 
shall apply: 
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(1) COMMISSION.—The term ‘‘Commission’’ 
means the Federal Trade Commission. 
(2) INTERNET.—The term ‘‘Internet’’ means 
collectively the myriad of computer and tele-
communications facilities, including equipment and 
operating software, which comprise the inter-
connected world-wide network of networks that em-
ploy the Transmission Control Protocol/Internet 
Protocol, or any predecessor or successor protocols 
to such protocol, to communicate information of all 
kinds by wire or radio. 
(3) OFFICE.—The term ‘‘Office’’ means the Of-
fice of Internet Safety and Public Awareness of the 
Federal Trade Commission, established by section 2. 
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