TITLE XIV--CHILDREN'S INTERNET PROTECTION of HR 1501
SEC. 1401. SHORT TITLE.
This title may be cited as the `Children's Internet Protection Act'.
SEC. 1402. NO UNIVERSAL SERVICE FOR SCHOOLS OR LIBRARIES THAT FAIL TO IMPLEMENT A FILTERING OR BLOCKING TECHNOLOGY FOR COMPUTERS WITH INTERNET ACCESS.
(a) IN GENERAL- Section 254 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 254) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following:
`(l) IMPLEMENTATION OF AN INTERNET FILTERING OR BLOCKING TECHNOLOGY-
`(1) IN GENERAL- An elementary school, secondary school, or library that fails to provide the certification required by paragraph (2) or (3), respectively, is not eligible to receive or retain universal service assistance provided under subsection (h)(1)(B).
`(2) CERTIFICATION FOR SCHOOLS- To be eligible to receive universal service assistance under subsection (h)(1)(B), an elementary or secondary school shall certify to the Commission that it has--
`(A) selected a technology for computers with Internet access to filter or block--
`(i) child pornographic materials, which shall have the meaning of that term as used in sections 2252, 2252A, 2256 of title 18, United States Code;
`(ii) obscene materials, which shall have the meaning of that term as used in section 1460 of title 18, United States Code; and
`(iii) during use by minors, materials deemed to be harmful to minors, which shall have the meaning of that term as used in section 231 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 231); and
`(B) installed, or will install, and uses or will use, as soon as it obtains computers with Internet access, a technology to filter or block such material.
`(3) CERTIFICATION FOR LIBRARIES- To be eligible to receive universal service assistance under subsection (h)(1)(B),a library shall certify to the Commission that it has--
`(A) selected a technology for computers with Internet access to filter or block--
`(i) child pornographic materials, which shall have the meaning of that term as used in sections 2252, 2252A, 2256 of title 18, United States Code;
`(ii) obscene materials, which shall have the meaning of that term as used in section 1460 of title 18, United States Code; and
`(iii) during use by minors, materials deemed to be harmful to minors, which shall have the meaning of that term as used in section 231 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 231); and
`(B) installed, or will install, and uses or will use, as soon as it obtains computers with Internet access, a technology to filter or block such material.
`(4) TIME FOR CERTIFICATION- The certification required by paragraph (2) or (3) shall be made within 30 days of the date that rules are promulgated by the Federal Communications Commission, or, if later, within 10 days of the date on which any computer with access to the Internet is first made available in the school or library for its intended use.
`(5) Notification of cessation; additional internet-accessing computer-
`(A) CESSATION- A school or library that has filed the certification required by paragraph (3)(A) shall notify the Commission within 10 days after the date on which it ceases to use the filtering or blocking technology to which the certification related.
`(B) ADDITIONAL INTERNET-ACCESSING COMPUTER- A school or library that has filed the certification required by paragraph (3)(B) that adds another computer with Internet access intended for use by the public (including minors) shall make the certification required by paragraph (3)(A) within 10 days after that computer is made available for use by the public.