Children's Internet Protection Act

Not to be confused with Child Online Protection Act or Children's Online Privacy Protection Act.
Children's Internet Protection Act
Great Seal of the United States
Acronyms (colloquial)CIPA
Enacted bythe 106th United States Congress
Citations
Public lawPub. L. 106–554 (text) (PDF)
Statutes at Large114 Stat. 2763A-335
Codification
Titles amended20; 47
U.S.C. sections amended20 U.S.C. § 9134;
47 U.S.C. § 254
Legislative history
  • Signed into law by President Bill Clinton on December 21, 2000
United States Supreme Court cases
United States v. American Library Ass'n, 539 U.S. 194 (2003)

The Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA) is one of a number of bills that the United States Congress proposed to limit children's exposure to pornography and explicit content online.