text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
  
      This Act may be cited as the ``Childrens' Internet Protection 
  Act''.
  
  SEC. 2. 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 (or the school board or other 
          authority with responsibility for administration of that 
          school) shall certify to the Commission that it has--
                      ``(A) selected a technology for computers with 
                  Internet access to filter or block material deemed to 
                  be harmful to minors; 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.--
                      ``(A) Libraries with more than 1 internet-accessing 
                  computer.--To be eligible to receive universal service 
                  assistance under subsection (h)(1)(B), a library that 
                  has more than 1 computer with Internet access intended 
                  for use by the public (including minors) shall certify 
                  to the Commission that it has installed and uses a 
                  technology to filter or block material deemed to be 
                  harmful to minors on one or more of its computers with 
                  Internet access.
                      ``(B) Libraries with only 1 internet-accessing 
                  computer.--A library that has only 1 computer with 
                  Internet access intended for use by the public 
                  (including minors) is eligible to receive universal 
                  service assistance under subsection (h)(1)(B) even if 
                  it does not use a technology to filter or block 
                  material deemed to be harmful to minors on that 
                  computer if it certifies to the Commission that it 
                  employs a reasonably effective alternative means to 
                  keep minors from accessing material on the Internet 
                  that is deemed to be harmful to minors.
              ``(4) Time for certification.--The certification required 
          by paragraph (2) or (3) shall be made within 30 days of the 
          date of enactment of the Childrens' Internet Protection Act, 
          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 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 
                  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.
              ``(6) Penalty for failure to comply.--A school or library 
          that fails to meet the requirements of this subsection is 
          liable to repay immediately the full amount of all universal 
          service assistance it received under subsection (h)(1)(B).
              ``(7) Local determination of material to be filtered.--For 
          purposes of paragraphs (2) and (3), the determination of what 
          material is to be deemed harmful to minors shall be made by the 
          school, school board, library or other authority responsible 
          for making the required certification. No agency or 
          instrumentality of the United States Government may--
                      ``(A) establish criteria for making that 
                  determination;
                      ``(B) review the determination made by the 
                  certifying school, school board, library, or other 
                  authority; or
                      ``(C) consider the criteria employed by the 
                  certifying school, school board, library, or other 
                  authority in the administration of subsection 
                  (h)(1)(B).''.
      (b) Conforming Change.--Section 254(h)(1)(B) of the Communications 
  Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 254(h)(1)(B)) is amended by striking ``All 
  telecommunications'' and inserting ``Except as provided by subsection 
  (l), all telecommunications''.
  
  SEC. 3. FCC TO ADOPT RULES WITHIN 4 MONTHS.
  
      The Federal Communications Commission shall adopt rules 
  implementing section 254(l) of the Communications Act of 1934 within 
  120 days after the date of enactment of this Act.
target: Childrens' (sic) Internet Protection Act - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to make an elementary school, secondary school, or library ineligible to receive or retain universal service assistance under such Act unless it certifies to the Federal Communications Commission that it has selected and installed (or will install) a technology for computers with Internet access which filters or blocks material deemed harmful to minors. 
  Requires the determination of what shall be considered inappropriate for minors to be made by the appropriate school, school board, library, or other responsible authority, without Federal interference.
feat_title: Childrens' [sic] Internet Protection Act