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2	2	119THCONGRESS
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4	4	STSESSION S. 278
5	5	To prohibit users who are under age 13 from accessing social media platforms,
6	6	to prohibit the use of personalized recommendation systems on individ-
7	7	uals under age 17, and limit the use of social media in schools.
8	8	IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
9	9	JANUARY28, 2025
10	10	Mr. S
11	11	CHATZ(for himself, Mr. CRUZ, Mr. MURPHY, Mrs. BRITT, Mr. WELCH,
12	12	Mr. B
13	13	UDD, Mr. KING, Mr. CURTIS, Mr. WARNER, and Mr. FETTERMAN)
14	14	introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the
15	15	Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
16	16	A BILL
17	17	To prohibit users who are under age 13 from accessing
18	18	social media platforms, to prohibit the use of personal-
19	19	ized recommendation systems on individuals under age
20	20	17, and limit the use of social media in schools.
21	21	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
22	22	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
23	23	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 3
24	24	(a) S
25	25	HORTTITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 4
26	26	‘‘Kids Off Social Media Act’’. 5
27	27	(b) T
28	28	ABLE OFCONTENTS.—The table of contents for 6
29	29	this Act is as follows: 7
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33	33	Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
34	34	TITLE I—KIDS OFF SOCIAL MEDIA ACT
35	35	Sec. 101. Short title.
36	36	Sec. 102. Definitions.
37	37	Sec. 103. No children under 13.
38	38	Sec. 104. Prohibition on the use of personalized recommendation systems on
39	39	children or teens.
40	40	Sec. 105. Determination of whether an operator has knowledge fairly implied
41	41	on the basis of objective circumstances that an individual is a
42	42	child or teen.
43	43	Sec. 106. Enforcement.
44	44	Sec. 107. Relationship to other laws.
45	45	Sec. 108. Effective date.
46	46	TITLE II—EYES ON THE BOARD ACT OF 2025
47	47	Sec. 201. Short title.
48	48	Sec. 202. Updating the Children’s Internet Protection Act to include social
49	49	media platforms.
50	50	Sec. 203. Internet safety policies.
51	51	TITLE III—SEVERABILITY
52	52	Sec. 301. Severability.
53	53	TITLE I—KIDS OFF SOCIAL 1
54	54	MEDIA ACT 2
55	55	SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE. 3
56	56	This title may be referred to as the ‘‘Kids Off Social 4
57	57	Media Act’’. 5
58	58	SEC. 102. DEFINITIONS. 6
59	59	In this title: 7
60	60	(1) P
61	61	ERSONALIZED RECOMMENDATION SYS -8
62	62	TEM.—The term ‘‘personalized recommendation sys-9
63	63	tem’’ means a fully or partially automated system 10
64	64	used to suggest, promote, or rank content, including 11
65	65	other users or posts, based on the personal data of 12
66	66	users. 13
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70	70	(2) CHILD.—The term ‘‘child’’ means an indi-1
71	71	vidual under the age of 13. 2
72	72	(3) C
73	73	OMMISSION.—The term ‘‘Commission’’ 3
74	74	means the Federal Trade Commission. 4
75	75	(4) K
76	76	NOW OR KNOWS .—The term ‘‘know’’ or 5
77	77	‘‘knows’’ means to have actual knowledge or knowl-6
78	78	edge fairly implied on the basis of objective cir-7
79	79	cumstances. 8
80	80	(5) P
81	81	ERSONAL DATA .—The term ‘‘personal 9
82	82	data’’ has the same meaning as the term ‘‘personal 10
83	83	information’’ as defined in section 1302 of the Chil-11
84	84	dren’s Online Privacy Protection Act (15 U.S.C. 12
85	85	6501) . 13
86	86	(6) S
87	87	OCIAL MEDIAL PLATFORM .— 14
88	88	(A) I
89	89	N GENERAL.—The term ‘‘social media 15
90	90	platform’’ means a public-facing website, online 16
91	91	service, online application, or mobile application 17
92	92	that— 18
93	93	(i) is directed to consumers; 19
94	94	(ii) collects personal data; 20
95	95	(iii) primarily derives revenue from 21
96	96	advertising or the sale of personal data; 22
97	97	and 23
98	98	(iv) as its primary function provides a 24
99	99	community forum for user-generated con-25
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103	103	tent, including messages, videos, and audio 1
104	104	files among users where such content is 2
105	105	primarily intended for viewing, resharing, 3
106	106	or platform-enabled distributed social en-4
107	107	dorsement or comment. 5
108	108	(B) L
109	109	IMITATION.—The term ‘‘social medial 6
110	110	platform’’ does not include a platform that, as 7
111	111	its primary function for consumers, provides or 8
112	112	facilitates any of the following: 9
113	113	(i) The purchase and sale of commer-10
114	114	cial goods. 11
115	115	(ii) Teleconferencing or 12
116	116	videoconferencing services that allow recep-13
117	117	tion and transmission of audio or video 14
118	118	signals for real-time communication, pro-15
119	119	vided that the real-time communication is 16
120	120	initiated by using a unique link or identi-17
121	121	fier to facilitate access. 18
122	122	(iii) Crowd-sourced reference guides 19
123	123	such as encyclopedias and dictionaries. 20
124	124	(iv) Cloud storage, file sharing, or file 21
125	125	collaboration services, including such serv-22
126	126	ices that allow collaborative editing by in-23
127	127	vited users. 24
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131	131	(v) The playing or creation of video 1
132	132	games. 2
133	133	(vi) Content that consists primarily of 3
134	134	news, sports, sports coverage, entertain-4
135	135	ment, or other information or content that 5
136	136	is not user-generated but is preselected by 6
137	137	the platform and for which any chat, com-7
138	138	ment, or interactive functionality is inci-8
139	139	dental, directly related to, or dependent on 9
140	140	the provision of the content provided by 10
141	141	the platform. 11
142	142	(vii) Business, product, or travel in-12
143	143	formation including user reviews or 13
144	144	rankings of such businesses, products, or 14
145	145	other travel information. 15
146	146	(viii) Educational information, experi-16
147	147	ences, training, or instruction provided to 17
148	148	build knowledge, skills, or a craft, district- 18
149	149	sanctioned or school-sanctioned learning 19
150	150	management systems and school informa-20
151	151	tion systems for the purposes of schools 21
152	152	conveying content related to the education 22
153	153	of students, or services or services on be-23
154	154	half of or in support of an elementary 24
155	155	school or secondary school, as such terms 25
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159	159	are defined in section 8101 of the Elemen-1
160	160	tary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 2
161	161	(20 U.S.C. 7801). 3
162	162	(ix) An email service. 4
163	163	(x) A wireless messaging service, in-5
164	164	cluding such a service provided through 6
165	165	short message service or multimedia mes-7
166	166	saging protocols, that is not a component 8
167	167	of, or linked to, a social media platform 9
168	168	and where the predominant or exclusive 10
169	169	function of the messaging service is direct 11
170	170	messaging consisting of the transmission of 12
171	171	text, photos, or videos that are sent by 13
172	172	electronic means, where messages are 14
173	173	transmitted from the sender to the recipi-15
174	174	ent and are not posted publicly or within 16
175	175	a social media platform. 17
176	176	(xi) A broadband internet access serv-18
177	177	ice (as such term is defined for purposes of 19
178	178	section 8.1(b) of title 47, Code of Federal 20
179	179	Regulations, or any successor regulation). 21
180	180	(xii) A virtual private network or simi-22
181	181	lar service that exists solely to route inter-23
182	182	net traffic between locations. 24
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186	186	(7) TEEN.—The term ‘‘teen’’ means an indi-1
187	187	vidual over the age of 12 and under the age of 17. 2
188	188	(8) U
189	189	SER.—The term ‘‘user’’ means, with re-3
190	190	spect to a social media platform, an individual who 4
191	191	registers an account or creates a profile on the social 5
192	192	media platform. 6
193	193	SEC. 103. NO CHILDREN UNDER 13. 7
194	194	(a) N
195	195	OACCOUNTS FOR CHILDRENUNDER13.—A 8
196	196	social media platform shall not permit an individual to cre-9
197	197	ate or maintain an account or profile if it knows that the 10
198	198	individual is a child. 11
199	199	(b) T
200	200	ERMINATION OFEXISTINGACCOUNTSBELONG-12
201	201	ING TOCHILDREN.—A social media platform shall termi-13
202	202	nate any existing account or profile of a user who the so-14
203	203	cial media platform knows is a child. 15
204	204	(c) D
205	205	ELETION OFCHILDREN’SPERSONALDATA.— 16
206	206	(1) I
207	207	N GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), 17
208	208	upon termination of an existing account or profile of 18
209	209	a user pursuant to subsection (b), a social media 19
210	210	platform shall immediately delete all personal data 20
211	211	collected from the user or submitted by the user to 21
212	212	the social media platform. 22
213	213	(2) C
214	214	HILDREN’S ACCESS TO PERSONAL DATA .— 23
215	215	To the extent technically feasible and not in viola-24
216	216	tion of any licensing agreement, a social media plat-25
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220	220	form shall allow the user of an existing account or 1
221	221	profile that the social media platform has terminated 2
222	222	under subsection (b), from the date such termination 3
223	223	occurs to the date that is 90 days after such date, 4
224	224	to request, and shall provide to such user upon such 5
225	225	request, a copy of the personal data collected from 6
226	226	the user or submitted by the user to the social media 7
227	227	platform both— 8
228	228	(A) in a manner that is readable and 9
229	229	which a reasonable person can understand; and 10
230	230	(B) in a portable, structured, and machine- 11
231	231	readable format. 12
232	232	(d) R
233	233	ULE OFCONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in sub-13
234	234	section (c) shall be construed to prohibit a social media 14
235	235	platform from retaining a record of the termination of an 15
236	236	account or profile and the minimum information necessary 16
237	237	for the purposes of ensuring compliance with this section. 17
238	238	SEC. 104. PROHIBITION ON THE USE OF PERSONALIZED 18
239	239	RECOMMENDATION SYSTEMS ON CHILDREN 19
240	240	OR TEENS. 20
241	241	(a) I
242	242	NGENERAL.— 21
243	243	(1) P
244	244	ROHIBITION ON USE OF PERSONALIZED 22
245	245	RECOMMENDATION SYSTEMS ON CHILDREN OR 23
246	246	TEENS.—Except as provided in paragraph (2), a so-24
247	247	cial media platform shall not use the personal data 25
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251	251	of a user or visitor in a personalized recommenda-1
252	252	tion system to display content if the platform knows 2
253	253	that the user or visitor is a child or teen. 3
254	254	(2) E
255	255	XCEPTION.—A social media platform may 4
256	256	use a personalized recommendation system to dis-5
257	257	play content to a child or teen if the system only 6
258	258	uses the following personal data of the child or teen: 7
259	259	(A) The type of device used by the child or 8
260	260	teen. 9
261	261	(B) The languages used by the child or 10
262	262	teen to communicate. 11
263	263	(C) The city or town in which the child or 12
264	264	teen is located. 13
265	265	(D) The fact that the individual is a child 14
266	266	or teen. 15
267	267	(E) The age of the child or teen. 16
268	268	(b) R
269	269	ULE OFCONSTRUCTION.—The prohibition in 17
270	270	subsection (a) shall not be construed to— 18
271	271	(1) prevent a social media platform from pro-19
272	272	viding search results to a child or teen deliberately 20
273	273	or independently searching for (such as by typing a 21
274	274	phrase into a search bar or providing spoken input), 22
275	275	or specifically requesting, content, so long as such 23
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280	280	child or teen (except to the extent permitted under 1
281	281	subsection (a)(2)); 2
282	282	(2) prevent a social media platform from taking 3
283	283	reasonable measures to— 4
284	284	(A) block, detect, or prevent the distribu-5
285	285	tion of unlawful or obscene material; 6
286	286	(B) block or filter spam, or protect the se-7
287	287	curity of a platform or service; or 8
288	288	(C) prevent criminal activity; or 9
289	289	(3) prohibit a social media platform from dis-10
290	290	playing user-generated content that has been se-11
291	291	lected, followed, or subscribed to by a teen account 12
292	292	holder as long as the display of the content is based 13
293	293	on a chronological format. 14
294	294	SEC. 105. DETERMINATION OF WHETHER AN OPERATOR 15
295	295	HAS KNOWLEDGE FAIRLY IMPLIED ON THE 16
296	296	BASIS OF OBJECTIVE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT 17
297	297	AN INDIVIDUAL IS A CHILD OR TEEN. 18
298	298	(a) R
299	299	ULES OFCONSTRUCTION.—For purposes of en-19
300	300	forcing this title, in making a determination as to whether 20
301	301	a social media platform has knowledge fairly implied on 21
302	302	the basis of objective circumstances that a user is a child 22
303	303	or teen, the Commission or the attorney general of a State, 23
304	304	as applicable, shall rely on competent and reliable evi-24
305	305	dence, taking into account the totality of circumstances, 25
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309	309	including whether a reasonable and prudent person under 1
310	310	the circumstances would have known that the user is a 2
311	311	child or teen. 3
312	312	(b) P
313	313	ROTECTIONS FOR PRIVACY.—Nothing in this 4
314	314	title, including a determination described in subsection 5
315	315	(a), shall be construed to require a social media platform 6
316	316	to— 7
317	317	(1) implement an age gating or age verification 8
318	318	functionality; or 9
319	319	(2) affirmatively collect any personal data with 10
320	320	respect to the age of users that the social media 11
321	321	platform is not already collecting in the normal 12
322	322	course of business. 13
323	323	(c) R
324	324	ESTRICTION ONUSE ANDRETENTION OFPER-14
325	325	SONALDATA.—If a social media platform or a third party 15
326	326	acting on behalf of a social media platform voluntarily col-16
327	327	lects personal data for the purpose of complying with this 17
328	328	title, the social media platform or a third party shall not— 18
329	329	(1) use any personal data collected specifically 19
330	330	for a purpose other than for sole compliance with 20
331	331	the obligations under this title; or 21
332	332	(2) retain any personal data collected from a 22
333	333	user for longer than is necessary to comply with the 23
334	334	obligations under this title or than is minimally nec-24
335	335	essary to demonstrate compliance with this title. 25
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339	339	SEC. 106. ENFORCEMENT. 1
340	340	(a) E
341	341	NFORCEMENT BY COMMISSION.— 2
342	342	(1) U
343	343	NFAIR OR DECEPTIVE ACTS OR PRAC -3
344	344	TICES.—A violation of this title shall be treated as 4
345	345	a violation of a rule defining an unfair or deceptive 5
346	346	act or practice prescribed under section 18(a)(1)(B) 6
347	347	of the Federal Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 7
348	348	57a(a)(1)(B)). 8
349	349	(2) P
350	350	OWERS OF COMMISSION .— 9
351	351	(A) I
352	352	N GENERAL.—The Commission shall 10
353	353	enforce this title in the same manner, by the 11
354	354	same means, and with the same jurisdiction, 12
355	355	powers, and duties as though all applicable 13
356	356	terms and provisions of the Federal Trade 14
357	357	Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 41 et seq.) were in-15
358	358	corporated into and made a part of this title. 16
359	359	(B) P
360	360	RIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES .—Any 17
361	361	person who violates this title shall be subject to 18
362	362	the penalties and entitled to the privileges and 19
363	363	immunities provided in the Federal Trade Com-20
364	364	mission Act (15 U.S.C. 41 et seq.). 21
365	365	(3) A
366	366	UTHORITY PRESERVED .—Nothing in this 22
367	367	title shall be construed to limit the authority of the 23
368	368	Commission under any other provision of law. 24
369	369	(b) E
370	370	NFORCEMENT BY STATES.— 25
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374	374	(1) AUTHORIZATION.—Subject to paragraph 1
375	375	(3), in any case in which the attorney general of a 2
376	376	State has reason to believe that an interest of the 3
377	377	residents of the State has been or is threatened or 4
378	378	adversely affected by the engagement of a social 5
379	379	media platform in a practice that violates this title, 6
380	380	the attorney general of the State may, as parens 7
381	381	patriae, bring a civil action against the social media 8
382	382	platform on behalf of the residents of the State in 9
383	383	an appropriate district court of the United States 10
384	384	to— 11
385	385	(A) enjoin that practice; 12
386	386	(B) enforce compliance with this title; 13
387	387	(C) on behalf of residents of the States, 14
388	388	obtain damages, restitution, or other compensa-15
389	389	tion, each of which shall be distributed in ac-16
390	390	cordance with State law; or 17
391	391	(D) obtain such other relief as the court 18
392	392	may consider to be appropriate. 19
393	393	(2) R
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395	395	SION.— 21
396	396	(A) N
397	397	OTICE TO FEDERAL TRADE COMMIS -22
398	398	SION.— 23
399	399	(i) I
400	400	N GENERAL.—The attorney gen-24
401	401	eral of a State shall notify the Commission 25
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405	405	in writing that the attorney general in-1
406	406	tends to bring a civil action under para-2
407	407	graph (1) before the filing of the civil ac-3
408	408	tion. 4
409	409	(ii) C
410	410	ONTENTS.—The notification re-5
411	411	quired under clause (i) with respect to a 6
412	412	civil action shall include a copy of the com-7
413	413	plaint to be filed to initiate the civil action. 8
414	414	(iii) Clause (i) shall not apply with re-9
415	415	spect to the filing of an action by an attor-10
416	416	ney general of a State under this para-11
417	417	graph if the attorney general of the State 12
418	418	determines that it not feasible to provide 13
419	419	the notice required in that clause before 14
420	420	filing the action. 15
421	421	(B) I
422	422	NTERVENTION BY FEDERAL TRADE 16
423	423	COMMISSION.—Upon receiving notice under 17
424	424	subparagraph (A)(i), the Commission shall have 18
425	425	the right to intervene in the action that is the 19
426	426	subject of the notice. 20
427	427	(3) E
428	428	FFECT OF INTERVENTION .—If the Com-21
429	429	mission intervenes in an action under paragraph (1), 22
430	430	it shall have the right— 23
431	431	(A) to be heard with respect to any matter 24
432	432	that arises in that action; and 25
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436	436	(B) file a petition for appeal. 1
437	437	(4) I
438	438	NVESTIGATORY POWERS .—Nothing in this 2
439	439	subsection may be construed to prevent the attorney 3
440	440	general of a State from exercising the powers con-4
441	441	ferred on the attorney general by the laws of the 5
442	442	State to— 6
443	443	(A) conduct investigations; 7
444	444	(B) administer oaths or affirmations; or 8
445	445	(C) compel the attendance of witnesses or 9
446	446	the production of documentary or other evi-10
447	447	dence. 11
448	448	(5) P
449	449	REEMPTIVE ACTION BY FEDERAL TRADE 12
450	450	COMMISSION.—In any case in which an action is in-13
451	451	stituted by or on behalf of the Commission for a vio-14
452	452	lation of this Act, no State may , during the pend-15
453	453	ency of that action, institute a separate civil action 16
454	454	under paragraph (1) against any defendant named 17
455	455	in the complaint in the action instituted by or on be-18
456	456	half of the Commission for that violation. 19
457	457	(6) V
458	458	ENUE; SERVICE OF PROCESS.— 20
459	459	(A) V
460	460	ENUE.—Any action brought under 21
461	461	paragraph (1) may be brought in— 22
462	462	(i) the district court of the United 23
463	463	States that meets applicable requirements 24
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467	467	relating to venue under section 1391 of 1
468	468	title 28, United States Code; or 2
469	469	(ii) another court of competent juris-3
470	470	diction. 4
471	471	(B) S
472	472	ERVICE OF PROCESS.—In an action 5
473	473	brought under paragraph (1), process may be 6
474	474	served in any district in which the defendant— 7
475	475	(i) is an inhabitant; or 8
476	476	(ii) may be found. 9
477	477	SEC. 107. RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER LAWS. 10
478	478	The provisions of this title shall preempt any State 11
479	479	law, rule, or regulation only to the extent that such State 12
480	480	law, rule, or regulation conflicts with a provision of this 13
481	481	title. Nothing in this title shall be construed to prohibit 14
482	482	a State from enacting a law, rule, or regulation that pro-15
483	483	vides greater protection to children or teens than the pro-16
484	484	tection provided by the provisions of this title. Nothing 17
485	485	in this title shall be construed to— 18
486	486	(1) affect the application of— 19
487	487	(A) section 444 of the General Education 20
488	488	Provisions Act (20 U.S.C. 1232g, commonly 21
489	489	known as the ‘‘Family Educational Rights and 22
490	490	Privacy Act of 1974’’) or other Federal or State 23
491	491	laws governing student privacy; or 24
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494	494	•S 278 IS
495	495	(B) the Children’s Online Privacy Protec-1
496	496	tion Act of 1998 (15 U.S.C. 6501 et seq.) or 2
497	497	any rule or regulation promulgated under such 3
498	498	Act; or 4
499	499	(2) authorize any action that would conflict 5
500	500	with section 18(h) of the Federal Trade Commission 6
501	501	Act (15 U.S.C. 57a(h)). 7
502	502	SEC. 108. EFFECTIVE DATE. 8
503	503	This title shall take effect 1 year after the date of 9
504	504	enactment of this Act. 10
505	505	TITLE II—EYES ON THE BOARD 11
506	506	ACT OF 2025 12
507	507	SEC. 201. SHORT TITLE. 13
508	508	This title may be cited as the ‘‘Eyes on the Board 14
509	509	Act of 2025’’. 15
510	510	SEC. 202. UPDATING THE CHILDREN’S INTERNET PROTEC-16
511	511	TION ACT TO INCLUDE SOCIAL MEDIA PLAT-17
512	512	FORMS. 18
513	513	(a) I
514	514	NGENERAL.—Section 1721 of the Children’s 19
515	515	Internet Protection Act (title XVII of Public Law 106– 20
516	516	554) is amended— 21
517	517	(1) by redesignating subsections (f) through (h) 22
518	518	as subsections (g) through (i), respectively; and 23
519	519	(2) by inserting after subsection (e) the fol-24
520	520	lowing: 25
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524	524	‘‘(f) LIMITATION ONUSE OFSCHOOLBROADBAND 1
525	525	S
526	526	UBSIDIES FOR ACCESS TO SOCIALMEDIAPLAT-2
527	527	FORMS.— 3
528	528	‘‘(1) D
529	529	EFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 4
530	530	‘‘(A) C
531	531	OMMISSION.—The term ‘Commis-5
532	532	sion’ means the Federal Communications Com-6
533	533	mission. 7
534	534	‘‘(B) S
535	535	ECTION 254(H).—The term ‘section 8
536	536	254(h)’ means section 254(h) of the Commu-9
537	537	nications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 254(h)). 10
538	538	‘‘(C) S
539	539	OCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM .—The 11
540	540	term ‘social media platform’— 12
541	541	‘‘(i) means any website, online service, 13
542	542	online application, or mobile application 14
543	543	that— 15
544	544	‘‘(I) serves the public; and 16
545	545	‘‘(II) primarily provides a forum 17
546	546	for users to communicate user-gen-18
547	547	erated content, including messages, 19
548	548	videos, images, and audio files, to 20
549	549	other online users; and 21
550	550	‘‘(ii) does not include— 22
551	551	‘‘(I) an internet service provider; 23
552	552	‘‘(II) electronic mail; 24
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555	555	•S 278 IS
556	556	‘‘(III) an online service, applica-1
557	557	tion, or website— 2
558	558	‘‘(aa) that consists primarily 3
559	559	of content that is not user-gen-4
560	560	erated, but is preselected by the 5
561	561	provider; and 6
562	562	‘‘(bb) for which any chat, 7
563	563	comment, or interactive 8
564	564	functionality is incidental to, di-9
565	565	rectly related to, or dependent on 10
566	566	the provision of content described 11
567	567	in item (aa); 12
568	568	‘‘(IV) an online service, applica-13
569	569	tion, or website— 14
570	570	‘‘(aa) that is non-commercial 15
571	571	and primarily designed for edu-16
572	572	cational purposes; and 17
573	573	‘‘(bb) the revenue of which 18
574	574	is not primarily derived from ad-19
575	575	vertising or the sale of personal 20
576	576	data; 21
577	577	‘‘(V) a wireless messaging serv-22
578	578	ice, including such a service provided 23
579	579	through a short messaging service or 24
580	580	multimedia service protocols— 25
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583	583	•S 278 IS
584	584	‘‘(aa) that is not a compo-1
585	585	nent of, or linked to, a website, 2
586	586	online service, online application, 3
587	587	or mobile application described in 4
588	588	clause (i); and 5
589	589	‘‘(bb) the predominant or 6
590	590	exclusive function of which is di-7
591	591	rect messaging consisting of the 8
592	592	transmission of text, photos, or 9
593	593	videos that— 10
594	594	‘‘(AA) are sent by elec-11
595	595	tronic means from the send-12
596	596	er to a recipient; and 13
597	597	‘‘(BB) are not posted 14
598	598	publicly or on a website, on-15
599	599	line service, online applica-16
600	600	tion, or mobile application 17
601	601	described in clause (i); 18
602	602	‘‘(VI) a teleconferencing or video 19
603	603	conferencing service that allows for 20
604	604	the reception and transmission of 21
605	605	audio or video signals for real-time 22
606	606	communication that is initiated by 23
607	607	using a unique link or identifier to fa-24
608	608	cilitate access; 25
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611	611	•S 278 IS
612	612	‘‘(VII) a product or service that 1
613	613	primarily functions as business-to- 2
614	614	business software or a cloud storage, 3
615	615	file sharing, or file collaboration serv-4
616	616	ice; or 5
617	617	‘‘(VIII) an organization that is 6
618	618	not organized to carry on business for 7
619	619	the profit of the organization or of the 8
620	620	members of the organization. 9
621	621	‘‘(D) T
622	622	ECHNOLOGY PROTECTION MEAS -10
623	623	URE.—The term ‘technology protection meas-11
624	624	ure’ means a specific technology that blocks or 12
625	625	filters access to a social media platform. 13
626	626	‘‘(2) R
627	627	EQUIREMENTS WITH RESPECT TO SOCIAL 14
628	628	MEDIA PLATFORMS.— 15
629	629	‘‘(A) I
630	630	N GENERAL.— 16
631	631	‘‘(i) C
632	632	ERTIFICATION REQUIRED .—An 17
633	633	elementary or secondary school that is sub-18
634	634	ject to paragraph (5) of section 254(h) 19
635	635	may not receive services at discount rates 20
636	636	under section 254(h) unless the school, 21
637	637	school board, local educational agency, or 22
638	638	other authority with responsibility for ad-23
639	639	ministration of the school— 24
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642	642	•S 278 IS
643	643	‘‘(I) submits to the Commission 1
644	644	the certification described in subpara-2
645	645	graph (B); and 3
646	646	‘‘(II) ensures that the use of the 4
647	647	school’s supported services, devices, 5
648	648	and networks is in accordance with 6
649	649	the certification described in subclause 7
650	650	(I). 8
651	651	‘‘(ii) R
652	652	ULE OF CONSTRUCTION .— 9
653	653	Nothing in clause (i) may be construed to 10
654	654	prohibit— 11
655	655	‘‘(I) district-sanctioned or school- 12
656	656	sanctioned learning management sys-13
657	657	tems and school information systems 14
658	658	used for purposes of schools conveying 15
659	659	content related to the education of 16
660	660	students; or 17
661	661	‘‘(II) a teacher from using a so-18
662	662	cial media platform for educational in-19
663	663	struction. 20
664	664	‘‘(B) C
665	665	ERTIFICATION WITH RESPECT TO 21
666	666	STUDENTS AND SOCIAL MEDIA .— 22
667	667	‘‘(i) I
668	668	N GENERAL.—A certification 23
669	669	under this subparagraph is a certification 24
670	670	that the applicable school, school board, 25
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673	673	•S 278 IS
674	674	local educational agency, or other authority 1
675	675	with responsibility for administration of 2
676	676	the school— 3
677	677	‘‘(I) is enforcing a policy of pre-4
678	678	venting students of the school from 5
679	679	accessing social media platforms on 6
680	680	any supported service, device, or net-7
681	681	work that includes— 8
682	682	‘‘(aa) monitoring the online 9
683	683	activities of any such service, de-10
684	684	vice, or network to determine if 11
685	685	those students are accessing so-12
686	686	cial media platforms; and 13
687	687	‘‘(bb) the operation of a 14
688	688	technology protection measure 15
689	689	with respect to those services, de-16
690	690	vices, and networks that protects 17
691	691	against access by those students 18
692	692	to a social media platform; and 19
693	693	‘‘(II) is enforcing the operation 20
694	694	of the technology protection measure 21
695	695	described in subclause (I) during any 22
696	696	use of supported services, devices, or 23
697	697	networks by students of the school. 24
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701	701	‘‘(ii) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION .— 1
702	702	Nothing in this subparagraph may be con-2
703	703	strued to require the applicable school, 3
704	704	school board, local educational agency, or 4
705	705	other authority to track an individual 5
706	706	website, online application, or mobile appli-6
707	707	cation that a student is attempting to ac-7
708	708	cess (or any search terms used by, or the 8
709	709	browsing history of a student) beyond the 9
710	710	identity of the website or application and 10
711	711	whether access to the website or applica-11
712	712	tion is blocked by a technology protection 12
713	713	measure because the website or application 13
714	714	is a social media platform. 14
715	715	‘‘(C) T
716	716	IMING OF IMPLEMENTATION .— 15
717	717	‘‘(i) I
718	718	N GENERAL.—In the case of a 16
719	719	school to which this paragraph applies, the 17
720	720	certification under this paragraph shall be 18
721	721	made— 19
722	722	‘‘(I) with respect to the first pro-20
723	723	gram funding year under section 21
724	724	254(h) after the date of enactment of 22
725	725	the Eyes on the Board Act of 2025, 23
726	726	not later than 120 days after the be-24
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729	729	•S 278 IS
730	730	ginning of that program funding year; 1
731	731	and 2
732	732	‘‘(II) with respect to any subse-3
733	733	quent funding year, as part of the ap-4
734	734	plication process for that program 5
735	735	funding year. 6
736	736	‘‘(ii) P
737	737	ROCESS.— 7
738	738	‘‘(I) S
739	739	CHOOLS WITH MEASURES 8
740	740	IN PLACE.—A school covered by 9
741	741	clause (i) that has in place measures 10
742	742	meeting the requirements necessary 11
743	743	for certification under this paragraph 12
744	744	shall certify its compliance with this 13
745	745	paragraph during each annual pro-14
746	746	gram application cycle under section 15
747	747	254(h), except that, with respect to 16
748	748	the first program funding year after 17
749	749	the date of enactment of the Eyes on 18
750	750	the Board Act of 2025, the certifi-19
751	751	cation shall be made not later than 20
752	752	120 days after the beginning of that 21
753	753	first program funding year. 22
754	754	‘‘(II) S
755	755	CHOOLS WITHOUT MEAS -23
756	756	URES IN PLACE.— 24
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759	759	•S 278 IS
760	760	‘‘(aa) FIRST 2 PROGRAM 1
761	761	YEARS.—A school covered by 2
762	762	clause (i) that does not have in 3
763	763	place measures meeting the re-4
764	764	quirements for certification under 5
765	765	this paragraph— 6
766	766	‘‘(AA) for the first pro-7
767	767	gram year after the date of 8
768	768	enactment of the Eyes on 9
769	769	the Board Act of 2025 in 10
770	770	which the school is applying 11
771	771	for funds under section 12
772	772	254(h), shall certify that the 13
773	773	school is undertaking such 14
774	774	actions, including any nec-15
775	775	essary procurement proce-16
776	776	dures, to put in place meas-17
777	777	ures meeting the require-18
778	778	ments for certification under 19
779	779	this paragraph; and 20
780	780	‘‘(BB) for the second 21
781	781	program year after the date 22
782	782	of enactment of the Eyes on 23
783	783	the Board Act of 2025 in 24
784	784	which the school is applying 25
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787	787	•S 278 IS
788	788	for funds under section 1
789	789	254(h), shall certify that the 2
790	790	school is in compliance with 3
791	791	this paragraph. 4
792	792	‘‘(bb) S
793	793	UBSEQUENT PRO -5
794	794	GRAM YEARS.—Any school that is 6
795	795	unable to certify compliance with 7
796	796	such requirements in such second 8
797	797	program year shall be ineligible 9
798	798	for services at discount rates or 10
799	799	funding in lieu of services at such 11
800	800	rates under section 254(h) for 12
801	801	such second year and all subse-13
802	802	quent program years under sec-14
803	803	tion 254(h), until such time as 15
804	804	such school comes into compli-16
805	805	ance with this paragraph. 17
806	806	‘‘(III) W
807	807	AIVERS.—Any school 18
808	808	subject to subclause (II) that cannot 19
809	809	come into compliance with subpara-20
810	810	graph (B) in such second program 21
811	811	year may seek a waiver of subclause 22
812	812	(II)(aa)(BB) if State or local procure-23
813	813	ment rules or regulations or competi-24
814	814	tive bidding requirements prevent the 25
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817	817	•S 278 IS
818	818	making of the certification otherwise 1
819	819	required by such subclause. A school, 2
820	820	school board, local educational agency, 3
821	821	or other authority with responsibility 4
822	822	for administration of the school shall 5
823	823	notify the Commission of the applica-6
824	824	bility of such subclause to the school. 7
825	825	Such notice shall certify that the 8
826	826	school in question will be brought into 9
827	827	compliance before the start of the 10
828	828	third program year after the date of 11
829	829	enactment of the Eyes on the Board 12
830	830	Act of 2025 in which the school is ap-13
831	831	plying for funds under section 254(h). 14
832	832	‘‘(D) N
833	833	ONCOMPLIANCE.— 15
834	834	‘‘(i) F
835	835	AILURE TO SUBMIT CERTIFI -16
836	836	CATION.—Any school that knowingly fails 17
837	837	to comply with the application guidelines 18
838	838	regarding the annual submission of a cer-19
839	839	tification required by this paragraph shall 20
840	840	not be eligible for services at discount rates 21
841	841	or funding in lieu of services at such rates 22
842	842	under section 254(h). 23
843	843	‘‘(ii) F
844	844	AILURE TO COMPLY WITH CER -24
845	845	TIFICATION.—Any school that knowingly 25
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848	848	•S 278 IS
849	849	fails to ensure the use of its supported 1
850	850	services, devices, and networks is in ac-2
851	851	cordance with a certification under sub-3
852	852	paragraph (B) shall reimburse any funds 4
853	853	and discounts received under section 5
854	854	254(h) for the period covered by such cer-6
855	855	tification. 7
856	856	‘‘(iii) R
857	857	EMEDY OF NONCOMPLIANCE .— 8
858	858	‘‘(I) F
859	859	AILURE TO SUBMIT .—A 9
860	860	school that has failed to submit a cer-10
861	861	tification under clause (i) may remedy 11
862	862	the failure by submitting the certifi-12
863	863	cation to which the failure relates. 13
864	864	Upon submittal of such certification, 14
865	865	the school shall be eligible for services 15
866	866	at discount rates under section 16
867	867	254(h). 17
868	868	‘‘(II) F
869	869	AILURE TO COMPLY .—A 18
870	870	school that has failed to comply with 19
871	871	a certification as described in clause 20
872	872	(ii) may remedy the failure by ensur-21
873	873	ing that the use of its supported serv-22
874	874	ices, devices, and networks is in ac-23
875	875	cordance with such certification. Upon 24
876	876	submittal to the Commission of a cer-25
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880	880	tification or other appropriate evi-1
881	881	dence of such remedy, the school shall 2
882	882	be eligible for services at discount 3
883	883	rates under section 254(h). 4
884	884	‘‘(E) R
885	885	ULE OF CONSTRUCTION .—Nothing 5
886	886	in this paragraph may be construed to consider 6
887	887	a school, school board, local educational agency, 7
888	888	or other authority with responsibility for the ad-8
889	889	ministration of a school in violation of this 9
890	890	paragraph, or subject to a delay in the proc-10
891	891	essing of funding applications or requests for 11
892	892	reimbursement, if that school, school board, 12
893	893	local educational agency, or other authority 13
894	894	makes a good faith effort to comply with this 14
895	895	paragraph and to correct a known violation of 15
896	896	this paragraph within a reasonable period of 16
897	897	time. 17
898	898	‘‘(3) E
899	899	NFORCEMENT.— 18
900	900	‘‘(A) I
901	901	N GENERAL .—The Commission 19
902	902	shall— 20
903	903	‘‘(i) not later than 120 days after the 21
904	904	date of enactment of the Eyes on the 22
905	905	Board Act of 2025, amend the rules of the 23
906	906	Commission to carry out this subsection; 24
907	907	and 25
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911	911	‘‘(ii) subject to subparagraph (B), en-1
912	912	force this subsection, and any rules issued 2
913	913	under this subsection, as if this subsection 3
914	914	and those rules were part of the Commu-4
915	915	nications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 151 et 5
916	916	seq.) or the rules issued under that Act. 6
917	917	‘‘(B) L
918	918	IMITATIONS.— 7
919	919	‘‘(i) N
920	920	ONCOMPLIANCE DESPITE GOOD 8
921	921	FAITH EFFORTS.—The Commission may 9
922	922	not seek recovery of funding provided 10
923	923	under section 254(h), or delay the proc-11
924	924	essing of a funding application, because of 12
925	925	the violation by a school, school board, 13
926	926	local educational agency, or other authority 14
927	927	with responsibility for administration of 15
928	928	the school of any requirement of this sub-16
929	929	section, or any rule issued under this sub-17
930	930	section, if the school, school board, local 18
931	931	educational agency, or other authority with 19
932	932	responsibility for administration of the 20
933	933	school made a good faith effort to comply 21
934	934	with that requirement and correct any 22
935	935	known violations of that requirement with-23
936	936	in a reasonable period of time. 24
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940	940	‘‘(ii) NONCOMPLIANCE WITHOUT 1
941	941	GOOD FAITH EFFORTS .—With respect to 2
942	942	any violation of a requirement of this sub-3
943	943	section, or any rule issued under this sub-4
944	944	section, in which a school, school board, 5
945	945	local educational agency, or other authority 6
946	946	with responsibility for administration of 7
947	947	the school does not make a good faith ef-8
948	948	fort to comply with that requirement, or 9
949	949	does not correct any known violation of 10
950	950	that requirement within a reasonable pe-11
951	951	riod of time, the Commission shall seek re-12
952	952	covery of the funding provided to the 13
953	953	school under section 254(h) for such pe-14
954	954	riod consistent with the remedy established 15
955	955	under paragraph (2)(D)(iii). 16
956	956	‘‘(4) E
957	957	XEMPTION FOR CERTAIN LIBRARIES .— 17
958	958	Nothing in this subsection may be construed to re-18
959	959	quire a library (as defined in section 213 of the Mu-19
960	960	seum and Library Services Act (20 U.S.C. 9122)), 20
961	961	except a library of an elementary or secondary 21
962	962	school, to comply with the requirements of this sub-22
963	963	section or any rule issued under this subsection.’’. 23
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967	967	(b) TECHNICAL ANDCONFORMINGAMENDMENTS.— 1
968	968	Section 254(h) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 2
969	969	U.S.C. 254(h)) is amended— 3
970	970	(1) in paragraph (5)(E)— 4
971	971	(A) in clause (i), in the matter preceding 5
972	972	subclause (I), by striking ‘‘1721(h)’’ and insert-6
973	973	ing ‘‘1721(i)’’; and 7
974	974	(B) in clause (ii)(I), by striking ‘‘1721(h)’’ 8
975	975	and inserting ‘‘1721(i)’’; and 9
976	976	(2) in paragraph (6)(E)— 10
977	977	(A) in clause (i), in the matter preceding 11
978	978	subclause (I), by striking ‘‘1721(h)’’ and insert-12
979	979	ing ‘‘1721(i)’’; and 13
980	980	(B) in clause (ii)(I), by striking ‘‘1721(h)’’ 14
981	981	and inserting ‘‘1721(i)’’. 15
982	982	SEC. 203. INTERNET SAFETY POLICIES. 16
983	983	Section 254 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 17
984	984	U.S.C. 254) is amended— 18
985	985	(1) in subsection (h)(5)— 19
986	986	(A) in subparagraph (A)(i)— 20
987	987	(i) in subclause (I), by inserting ‘‘and 21
988	988	copies of the Internet safety policy to 22
989	989	which each such certification pertains’’ be-23
990	990	fore the semicolon at the end; and 24
991	991	(ii) in subclause (II)— 25
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995	995	(I) by striking ‘‘Commission’’ 1
996	996	and all that follows through the end 2
997	997	of the subclause and inserting the fol-3
998	998	lowing: ‘‘Commission— 4
999	999	‘‘(aa) a certification that an 5
1000	1000	Internet safety policy described 6
1001	1001	in subclause (I) have been adopt-7
1002	1002	ed and implemented for the 8
1003	1003	school; and’’; and 9
1004	1004	(II) by adding at the end the fol-10
1005	1005	lowing: 11
1006	1006	‘‘(bb) copies of the Internet 12
1007	1007	safety policy described in item 13
1008	1008	(aa); and’’; and 14
1009	1009	(B) by adding at the end the following: 15
1010	1010	‘‘(G) D
1011	1011	ATABASE OF INTERNET SAFETY 16
1012	1012	POLICIES.—The Commission shall establish an 17
1013	1013	easily accessible, public database that contains 18
1014	1014	each Internet safety policy submitted to the 19
1015	1015	Commission under subclauses (I) and (II) of 20
1016	1016	subparagraph (A)(i).’’; and 21
1017	1017	(2) in subsection (l), by striking paragraph (3) 22
1018	1018	and inserting the following: 23
1019	1019	‘‘(3) A
1020	1020	VAILABILITY FOR REVIEW .—A copy of 24
1021	1021	each Internet safety policy adopted by a library 25
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1025	1025	under this subsection shall be made available to the 1
1026	1026	Commission, upon request of the Commission, by the 2
1027	1027	library for purposes of the review of the Internet 3
1028	1028	safety policy by the Commission.’’. 4
1029	1029	TITLE III—SEVERABILITY 5
1030	1030	SEC. 301. SEVERABILITY. 6
1031	1031	If any provision of this Act is determined to be unen-7
1032	1032	forceable or invalid, the remaining provisions of this Act 8
1033	1033	shall not be affected. 9
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