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§20987 Grants for Online Child Safety Programs

Title 34 › Subtitle Subtitle II— Protection of Children and Other Persons › Chapter 209— CHILD PROTECTION AND SAFETY › Subchapter III— GRANTS AND OTHER PROVISIONS › § 20987

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Attorney General must give grants, if money is available, to states, local governments, and nonprofit groups. The grants pay for programs that teach children and parents how to stay safe on the Internet. “State” means U.S. states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands. Funds were authorized for fiscal years 2007 through 2011 in whatever amounts are needed.

Full Legal Text

Title 34, §20987

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(a)The Attorney General shall, subject to the availability of appropriations, make grants to States, units of local government, and nonprofit organizations for the purposes of establishing and maintaining programs with respect to improving and educating children and parents in the best ways for children to be safe when on the Internet.

(b)For purposes of this section, the term “State” means any State of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands.

(c)There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section such sums as are necessary for fiscal years 2007 through 2011.

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Editorial Notes

Codification Section was formerly classified to section 16987 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

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Citation

34 U.S.C. § 20987

Title 34 — Navy

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

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