An amendment numbered 1 printed in House Report 108-48 to make it a criminal act to knowingly use a misleading domain name with the intent to deceive a person into viewing obscenity on the Internet. The amendment also makes it a criminal act to knowingly use a misleading domain name with the intent to deceive a minor into viewing material on the Internet that is harmful to minors. A domain name that includes a word or words to indicate the sexual content of the site is not considered misleading.

1. Adds SEC. 108. MISLEADING DOMAIN NAMES ON THE INTERNET at the end of title I

   Adds a section

   Inserted: SEC. 108. MISLEADING DOMAIN NAMES ON THE INTERNET.

   Inserted: (a) In General.--Chapter 110 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 2252A the following:

   Inserted: "Sec. 2252B. Misleading domain names on the Internet

   Inserted: "(a) Whoever knowingly uses a misleading domain name with the intent to deceive a person into viewing obscenity on the Internet shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 2 years, or both.

   Inserted: "(b) Whoever knowingly uses a misleading domain name with the intent to deceive a minor into viewing material that is harmful to minors on the Internet shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 4 years, or both.

   Inserted: "(c) For the purposes of this section, a domain name that includes a word or words to indicate the sexual content of the site, such as 'sex' or 'porn', is not misleading.

   Inserted: "(d) For the purposes of this section, the term 'material that is harmful to minors' means any communication that--

   Inserted: "(1) taken as a whole and with respect to minors, appeals to a prurient interest in nudity, sex, or excretion;

   Inserted: "(2) depicts, describes, or represents, in a patently offensive way with respect to what is suitable for minors, an actual or simulated sexual act or sexual contact, actual or simulated normal or perverted sexual acts, or a lewd exhibition of the genitals; and

   Inserted: "(3) taken as a whole, lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value as to minors.".

   Inserted: (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 110 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the time relating to section 2252A the following new item:

   Inserted: "2252B. False or misleading domain names on the Internet.".

   Original wording

   At the end of title I (page ____, after line ____), insert the following:

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As printed