Sec. 7. Grant program
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The Secretary of Commerce (in this section referred to as the Secretary ) shall make grants to eligible persons to foster the creation and promotion of advertisement-free and educational online content (such as videos and applications) for covered users. For purposes of this section, the term eligible person means a person that has submitted an application, as approved by the Secretary pursuant to the eligibility requirements developed under subsection (b), for the creation and promotion of advertisement-free and educational online content for covered users.
The Secretary shall establish and convene an Advisory Council on Children’s Online Content, which shall be— comprised of experts in education, child development, psychology, online media, and other related disciplines; and tasked with developing evidence-based criteria for grant eligibility and grant distribution. To carry out this section, there is authorized to be appropriated— for fiscal year 2021, $4,000,000; for fiscal year 2022, $8,000,000; for fiscal year 2023, $10,000,000; and for fiscal year 2024, $12,000,000.
Any amount appropriated under this subsection for any fiscal year shall remain available for the purposes of carrying out any application approved during such fiscal year for an additional period of 1 year after the end of such fiscal year.