Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 116 Part 4.djvu/342

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116 STAT. 2770 PUBLIC LAW 107-317—DEC. 4, 2002 "(1) consult with appropriate agencies of the Federal Government regarding procedures and actions to prevent minors and families who use the new domain from being targeted by adults and other children for predatory behavior, exploitation, or illegal actions; and "(2) based upon the consultations conducted pursuant to paragraph (1), establish such procedures and take such actions as the registry may deem necessary to prevent such targeting. Deadline. The consultations, procedures, and actions required under this subsection shall be commenced not later than 30 days after the date that the new domain first becomes operational and accessible by the public. Deadline. "(h) COMPLIANCE REPORT.— The registry shall prepare, on an annual basis, a report on the registry's monitoring and enforcement procedures for the new domain. The registry shall submit each such report, setting forth the results of the review of its monitoring and enforcement procedures for the new domain, to the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate. "(i) SUSPENSION OF NEW DOMAIN. — If the NTIA finds, pursuant to its own review or upon a good faith petition by the registry, that the new domain is not serving its intended purpose, the NTIA shall instruct the registry to suspend operation of the new domain until such time as the NTIA determines that the new domain can be operated as intended. "(j) DEFINITIONS. — For purposes of this section, the following definitions shall apply: "(1) HARMFUL TO MINORS. —The term 'harmful to minors' means, with respect to material, that— "(A) the average person, applying contemporary community standards, would find, taking the material as a whole and with respect to minors, that it is designed to appeal to, or is designed to pander to, the prurient interest; "(B) the material depicts, describes, or represents, in a manner patently offensive with respect to minors, an actual or simulated sexual act or sexual contact, an actual or simulated normal or perverted sexual act, or a lewd exhibition of the genitals or post-pubescent female breast; and "(C) taken as a whole, the material lacks serious, literary, artistic, political, or scientific value for minors. "(2) MINOR. —The term 'minor' means any person under 13 years of age. "(3) REGISTRY. —The term 'registry^ means the registry selected to operate and maintain the United States country code Internet domain. "(4) SUCCESSOR REGISTRY.— The term 'successor registry means any entity that enters into a contract with the NTIA to operate and maintain the United States country code Internet domain that covers any period after the termination or expiration of the contract to operate and maintain the United States country code Internet domain, and any option periods under such contract, that was signed on October 26, 2001. "(5) SUITABLE FOR MINORS.— The term 'suitable for minors' means, with respect to material, that it—