Legislation to authorize a $320 million funding boost for Justice Department-supported Internet Crimes Against Children task forces and impose higher penalties on Internet service providers that do not report child pornography found on their networks passed the House today and will be sent to President Bush for his signature. The Senate approved its version of the bill Thursday after months of negotiations and a recent on-air endorsement by talk show host Oprah Winfrey.

Under the bill, Web companies that fail to report unlawful content to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children would face a $150,000 fine for the first instance, which is triple the current amount; and $300,000 for each subsequent incident per day the material remains online.
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