116 STAT. 2768 PUBLIC LAW 107-317—DEC. 4, 2002 access only to material that is suitable for minors and not harmful to minors (in this section referred to as the 'new domain'). " (b) CONDITIONS OF CONTRACTS.— "(1) INITIAL REGISTRY.— The NTIA shall not exercise any option periods under any contract between the NTIA and the initial registry to operate and maintain the United States country code Internet domain unless the initial registry agrees, during the 90-day period beginning upon the date of the enactment of the Dot Kids Implementation and Efficiency Act of 2002, to carry out, and to operate the new domain in accordance with, the requirements under subsection (c). Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to prevent the initial registry of the United States country code Internet domain from participating in the NTIA's process for selecting a successor registry or to prevent the NTIA from awarding, to the initial registry, the contract to be successor registry subject to the requirements of paragraph (2). "(2) SUCCESSOR REGISTRIES.—The NTIA shall not enter into any contract for operating and maintaining the United States country code Internet domain with any successor registry unless such registry enters into an agreement with the NTIA, during the 90-day period after selection of such registry, that provides for the registry to carry out, and the new domain to operate in accordance with, the requirements under subsection (c). "(c) REQUIREMENTS OF NEW DOMAIN.— The registry and new domain shall be subject to the following requirements: "(1) Written content standards for the new domain, except that the NTIA shall not have any authority to establish such standards. "(2) Written agreements with each registrar for the new domain that require that use of the new domain is in accordance with the standards and requirements of the registry. "(3) Written agreements with registrars, which shall require registrars to enter into written agreements with registrants, to use the new domain in accordance with the standards and requirements of the registry. "(4) Rules and procedures for enforcement and oversight that minimize the possibility that the new domain provides access to content that is not in accordance with the standards and requirements of the registry. "(5) A process for removing from the new domain any content that is not in accordance with the standards and requirements of the registry. "(6) A process to provide registrants to the new domain with an opportunity for a prompt, expeditious, and impartial dispute resolution process regarding any material of the registrant excluded from the new domain. "(7) Continuous and uninterrupted service for the new domain during any transition to a new registry selected to operate and maintain new domain or the United States country code domain. "(8) Procedures and mechanisms to promote the accuracy of contact information submitted by registrants and retained by registrars in the new domain.
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