Kids Online Safety Council

(a) Establishment The Secretary of Commerce shall establish a Kids Online Safety Council (in this section referred to as the Council). (b) Duties The duties of the Council shall be to submit to Congress reports with recommendations and advice on matters related to the safety of minors online, including the following: (1) An identification of risks, including emerging risks, for minors who engage with covered platforms. (2) An identification of the benefits for minors who engaged with covered platforms. (3) Recommendations with respect to methods for assessing, preventing, and mitigating harms to minors online. (4) Recommendations with respect to methods and themes for research regarding harms to minors online. (5) Recommendations with respect to best practices and clear, consensus-based standards for the reports and audits required under this Act, including best practices and standards with respect to methods, criteria, and scope that promote accountability. (c) Participation In appointing members under subsection (c), the Secretary shall seek to ensure that the Council includes representatives of the following: (1) Academic experts with specific expertise in the prevention of harms to minors online. (2) Researchers with specific expertise with respect to social media. (3) Parents and minors with demonstrated experience with respect to the safety of minors online. (4) Educators with demonstrated experience with respect to the safety of minors online. (5) Covered platforms. (6) Experts in academia and civil society with specific expertise in constitutional law, privacy, free expression, access to information, and civil liberties. (7) State attorneys general or designees thereof who work in State or local government. (d) Timing of appointments Each appointment under subsection (c) shall be made not later than the date that is 180 days after the date on which this Act takes effect (as specified in section 14). (e) Terms; vacancies Each member of the Council shall be appointed for the life of the Council and a vacancy in the Council shall be filled in the manner in which the original appointment was made. (f) Chair; Vice Chair The Council, once fully appointed, shall select a Chair and Vice Chair of the Council. (g) Final report Not later than 3 years after the date on which this Act takes effect (as specified in section 14), the Council shall submit to Congress a final report that includes the following: (1) A detailed statement of the findings and conclusions of the Council with respect to the recommendations and advice described in subsection (b). (2) The dissenting opinions of any member of the Council who does not support the findings and conclusions described in paragraph (1). (3) Any recommendations for legislative or administrative actions to address the online safety of minors. (h) Termination The Council shall terminate on the date that is 30 days after the date on which the Council submits the final report of the Council under subsection (h). (i) Nonapplicability of FACA Chapter 10 of title 5, United States Code, does not apply to the Council.