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Reproductions Supplied by EDRS Are the Best That Can Be Made from the Original Document DOCUMENT RESUME ED 474 549 IR 021 676 TITLE Dot Kids Name Act of 2001. Hearing before the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet of the Committee on Energy and Commerce. House of Representatives, One Hundred Seventh Congress, First Session on H.R. 2417. INSTITUTION Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Energy and Commerce. REPORT NO House-Hrg-107-63 PUB DATE 2001-11-01 NOTE 54p. AVAILABLE FROM U.S. Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, Congressional Sales Office, Washington, DC 20402. Tel: 866- 512 -1800 (Toll Free); Tel: 202-512-1800; Fax: 202-512-2250; Web site: http://bookstore.gpo.gov. For full text: http://www.access.gpo.gov/congress/house. PUB TYPE Legal/Legislative/Regulatory Materials (090) EDRS PRICE EDRS Price MF01/PC03 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS *Child Safety; Children; *Federal Legislation; *Federal Regulation; Hearings; *Internet IDENTIFIERS Congress 107th; *Domain Names; House of Representatives ABSTRACT This report contains the text of a hearing on the Dot Kids Domain Act of 2001, an act that would create an Internet domain that would contain only content suitable for children ages 13 and under. Prepared statements from the following individuals are presented: (1) Hon. W.J. "Billy" Tauzin, Chairman, Committee on Energy and Commerce;(2) Hon. Eliot Engel, a Representative in Congress from the State of New York; (3) Hon. Nancy J. Victory, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Telecommunications and Information;(4) David Hernand, CEO, New.net; (5)H. Page Howe, President and CEO, KIDS Domains, Inc.;(6) Bruce A. Taylor, President and Chief Counsel, National Law Center for Children and Families; and (7) Donna Rice Hughes, former COPA (Child Online Protection Act) Commissioner. (MES) Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. DOT KIDS NAME ACT OF 2001 7t" tr.) r,7t- 7t. HEARING 4-) BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND THE INTERNET OF THE COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND COMMERCE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ONE HUNDRED SEVENTH CONGRESS U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION FIRST SESSION Office of Educational Researchand Improvement EDUCATIONAL RESOURCESINFORMATION ON CENTER (ERIC) This document has beenreproduced as freceived from the personor organization H.R. 2417 originating it. Minor changes have beenmade to improve reproduction quality. NOVEMBER 1, 2001 Points of view or opinionsstated in this document do not necessarilyrepresent official OERI positionor policy. Serial No. 107-63 Printed for the use of the Committee on Energy and Commerce Available via the World Wide Web: http://www.access.gpo.gov/congress/house U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 76-305CC WASHINGTON : 2001 OFor sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office Internet: bookatore.gpo.gov 1:14 Phone: toll free (866) 512-1800; DC area (202) 512-1800 Fax: (202) 512-2250 Mail: Stop SSOP, Washington, DC 20402-0001 BEST COPYAMLABLE2 COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND COMMERCE W.J. "BILLY" TAUZIN, Louisiana, Chairman MICHAEL BILIRAKIS, Florida JOHN D. DINGELL, Michigan JOE BARTON, Texas HENRY A. WAXMAN, California FRED UPTON, Michigan EDWARD J. MARRY, Massachusetts CLIFF STEARNS, Florida RALPH M. HALL, Texas' PAUL E. GILLMOR, Ohio RICK BOUCHER, Virginia JAMES C. GREENWOOD, Pennsylvania EDOLPHUS TOWNS, New York CHRISTOPHER COX, California FRANK PALLONE, Jr., New Jersey NATHAN DEAL, Georgia SHERROD BROWN, Ohio STEVE LARGENT, Oklahoma BART GORDON, Tennessee RICHARD BURR, North Carolina PETER DEUTSCH, Florida ED WHITFIELD, Kentucky BOBBY L. RUSH, Illinois GREG GANSKE, Iowa ANNA G. ESHOO, California CHARLIE NORWOOD, Georgia BART STUPAK, Michigan BARBARA CUBIN, Wyoming ELIOT L, ENGEL, New York JOHN SHIMKUS, Illinois TOM SAWYER, Ohio HEATHER WILSON, New Mexico ALBERT R WYNN, Maryland JOHN B. SHADEGG, Arizona GENE GREEN, Texas CHARLES "CHIP" PICKERING, Mississippi KAREN McCARTHY, Missouri VITO FOSSELLA, New York TED STRICKLAND, Ohio ROY BLUNT, Missouri DIANA DEGETTE, Colorado TOM DAVIS, Virginia THOMAS M. BARRETT, Wisconsin ED BRYANT, Tennessee BILL LUTHER, Minnesota ROBERT L. EHRLICH, Jr., Maryland LOIS CAPPS, California STEVE BUYER, Indiana MICHAEL F. DOYLE, Pennsylvania GEORGE RADANOVICH, California CHRISTOPHER JOHN, Louisiana CHARLES F. BASS, New Hampshire JANE HARMAN, California JOSEPH R Nils, Pennsylvania MARY BONO, California GREG WALDEN, Oregon LEE TERRY, Nebraska DAVID V. MARVENTANO, Staff Director JAMES D. BARNETTE, General Counsel FtEm P.F. STuNTz, Minority Staff Director and Chief Counsel SUBCOMMI'TT'EE ON TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND THE INTERNET FRED UPTON, Michigan, Chairman MICHAEL BILIRAKIS, Florida EDWARD J. MARKEY, Massachusetts JOE BARTON, Texas BART GORDON, Tennessee CLIFF STEARNS, Florida BOBBY L. RUSH, Illinois Vice Chairman ANNA G. ESHOO, California PAUL E. GILLMOR, Ohio ELIOT L. ENGEL, New York CHRISTOPHER COX, California GENE GREEN, Texas NATHAN DEAL, Georgia KAREN McCARTHY, Missouri STEVE LARGENT, Oklahoma BILL LUTHER, Minnesota BARBARA CUBIN, Wyoming BART STUPAK, Michigan JOHN SHIMKUS, Illinois DIANA DEGETTE, Colorado HEATHER WILSON, New Mexico JANE HARMAN, California CHARLES "CHIP" PICKERING, Mississippi RICK BOUCHER, Virginia VITO FOSSELLA, New York SHERROD BROWN, Ohio TOM DAVIS, Virginia TOM SAWYER, Ohio ROY BLUNT, Missouri JOHN D. DINGELL, Michigan, ROBERT L. EHRLICH, Jr., Maryland (Ex Officio) LEE TERRY, Nebraska W.J. "BILLY" TAUZIN, Louisiana (Ex Officio) 3 CONTENTS Page Testimony of: Hernand, David, CEO, New.net 12 Howe, H. Page, President and CEO, .KIDS Domain,Inc 16 Hughes, Donna Rice, former COPA Commissioner 26 Taylor, Bruce A., President and Chief Counsel,National -law Center for Children and Families 21 Victory, Hon. Nancy J., Administrator, NationalTelecommunications and Information Administration 8 DOT KIDS NAME ACT OF 2001 THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2001 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND COMMERCE, SUBCOMMITTEE ON TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND THE INTERNET, Washington, DC. The subcommittee met, pursuant to notice, at 10:15a.m., in room 2123, Rayburn House Office Building, Hon. FredUpton (chairman) presiding. Members present: Representatives Upton, Stearns,Cox, Largent, Shimkus, Terry, Markey, Green, Luther, and Sawyer. Staff present: Kelly Zerzan, majority counsel; YongChoe, legisla- tiveclerk; Jon Tripp,deputy communicationsdirector;and Brendan Kelsay, minority professional staff. Mr. UPTON. Good morning. As you all know, last nightwas Halloween, and as the parent of two young kids, I know the anxiety that all get whenour kids leave the house to go out after dark to trickor treat. And while in your head you know your childrenare safe, the anxiety comes from not being able to control whatyour children will come into contact with when they are out of the house. Andonce they get home, you breathe a sigh of relief. Theyare back in an environment that in fact you can control. However, more and more parents have recognized thatthey are losing some control over what enters theirhome as their kids spend more and more timeon the home computer surfing the Internet. And while the Internet isan excellent tool for kids to learn, there are all sorts of inappropriate materialthat with just one wrong click or typo comes right into your livingroom, den, bed- room, basementwherever the computer is located. And while there is no substitute forproper parental supervision, responsible parents that I talk to want more tools to assist them inprotecting their kids on the Internet. Filtersare one solution, but I believe that we can and we must domore to help. That is why I strongly support the creationof a kid-friendly space on the Internet, just like dot corn, dotgov, dot orga dot kids ought to be created and implemented,which would be a safe place devoted solely to material whichis appropriate for kids, where parents could choose to send theirkids. It would be like a safe playground with fences around it. Thereis really no difference in the concept than the children's sectionat the public library, which is the only part of the library wherekids are allowed to check out books. (1) 2 Today, we are examining proposals to create a dot kids, specifi- cally H.R. 2417, the Dot Kids Domain Act of 2001, an excellent bi- partisan, common sense child protection measure sponsored by John Shimkus and Ranking Member Ed Markey and cosponsored by 10 other members of this subcommittee. I commend these gen- tlemen for their efforts to help parents and their kids. We will also be examining an amendment in the nature of a substitute to the legislation, and I believe that the proposals which we have before us today point us in the right direction. The original bill relies on ICANN to implement a dot kids. Many of us have urged ICANN to do this for a very long time, but frus- tratingly, to no avail. My view is that if we were to rely on ICANN to gets its act together to implement a dot kids,' my young kids would be parents perhaps by the time that it got done, if at all. My daughter turned 14 this morning. But ICANN is another issue for another day in the not-too-dis- tant future, as I anticipate our committee will continue its bipar- tisan oversight of this body. Parents should not have to wait for ICANN. Time is of the essence. And as a result, today we are also examining an amendment in the nature of a substitute to H.R. 2417 which would get us out of any reliance on ICANN by imple- menting a dot kids in the dot U.S. spacedot kids-dot U.S.ac- complishing virtually the same mission as the original bill. By doing this in the dot U.S. space, I have much greater confidence that in fact it will get done. Moreover, we know that the NTIA just awarded a new contract this week for the management of the existing dot U.S. domain and that the contract alludes to the establishment of a dot kids within the dot U.S. domain. Today, we will learn more about the aspect of that dot U.S. contract, what it does, what it does not do.
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