Protecting Children in the 21st Century Act

A bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to prevent the carriage of child pornography by video service providers, to protect children from online predators, and to restrict the sale or purchase of children's personal information in interstate commerce.

1/4/2007--Introduced.
Protecting Children in the 21st Century Act - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to require the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to issue regulations requiring video services to prevent child pornography. Amends the Crime Control Act of 1990 to triple the fines on providers of electronic communication services or remote computing services who knowingly and willfully fail to report child pornography. Requires warning labels for websites depicting sexually explicit material. Deleting Online Predators Act of 2007 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to require schools and libraries that receive universal service support to enforce a policy that:
(1) prohibits access to a commercial social networking website or chat room unless used for an educational purpose with adult supervision; and
(2) protects against access to visual depictions that are obscene, child pornography, or harmful to minors. Directs the FCC to issue a consumer alert regarding use of the Internet by child predators and establish a website resource. Children's Listbroker Privacy Act - Makes it unlawful:
(1) to sell personal information about an individual the seller knows to be a child (under age 16);
(2) to purchase personal information about an individual identified by the seller as a child for the purpose of marketing to that child; or
(3) for a purchaser who has provided a certification limiting the use of such information to engage in any practice that violates the certification terms.


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Sponsor

• Sen. Ted Stevens [R, AK]

Committees

• Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation

Amendments

This bill has no amendments.

Amendments to S.49

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Introduced		Voted on by Senate		Voted on by House		Considered By President		Bill Becomes Law
January 04, 2007

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• Jan 04, 2007: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
• Introduced on Jan 04, 2007.

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Related Bills:

• S.1965

Related Issue Areas:

• Telecommunication
• Actions and defenses
• Banks and banking
• Business
• 36 more
• Child pornography
• Child sexual abuse
• Children
• Civil liberties
• Consumer education
• Consumers
• Credit unions
• Criminal justice
• Electronic mail systems
• Executive departments
• Federal Communications Commission
• Federal Trade Commission
• Finance
• Fines (Penalties)
• Foreign banks and banking
• Government information
• Government publicity
• Humanities
• Identification devices
• Independent regulatory commissions
• Injunctions
• International finance
• Internet
• Law
• Libraries
• Parties to actions
• Pornography
• Restrictive trade practices
• Right of privacy
• Savings and loan associations
• Sentences (Criminal procedure)
• Social security
• Social security numbers
• Technology
• Telephone
• Web sites

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August 07, 2007 Senate Bill S. 49… What Will it Mean for Your Classroom?

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