3.0.0 1327 2023-01-15T16:48:41Z 2023-01-15T16:48:41Z Senate S S 2003-06-25 108 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2003-06-25T16:39:15Z 2003-06-25 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text of measure as introduced: CR S8563-8564) IntroReferral 2003-06-25 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8562-8563) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2003-06-25 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001042 Sen. Corzine, Jon S. [D-NJ] JON CORZINE D NJ S. N Science, Technology, Communications Administrative procedure Advertising Civil actions and liability Commerce Congress Congressional reporting requirements Consumer education Consumer protection Crime and Law Enforcement Damages Deceptive advertising Direct mail advertising Electronic commerce Electronic government information Electronic mail systems Evidence (Law) Federal Trade Commission Fines (Penalties) Fraud Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Identification devices Independent regulatory commissions Informers Injunctions Internet Law Legal fees Liability (Law) Pornography Restrictive trade practices Web sites Science, Technology, Communications 00 2003-06-25 Introduced in Senate 2003-10-21T14:05:10Z Prohibits any person from initiating the transmission of a spam message to an electronic mail (e-mail) address within the United States unless the subject line includes legally compliant identifying information or "ADV" as its first characters for commercial advertisements or "ADV: ADLT" for adult advertisements. Requires a sender to establish a valid sender operated return e-mail address where the recipient may notify the sender not to send further spam. Prohibits: (1) sending spam after notification of the recipient's objection; or (2) including false or misleading header information or deceptive subject headings as part of spam transmissions. Provides: (1) affirmative defenses; and (2) enforcement through the Federal Trade Commission (FTC).

Permits a spam recipient or a provider of Internet access service adversely affected by a violation of this Act to bring a civil action.

Requires the FTC to submit to Congress a detailed analysis of the effectiveness and enforcement of provisions of this Act and the need, if any, for modifications.

Directs the President to study and report to Congress on the possibility of an international agreement to reduce spam.]]>

REDUCE Spam Act of 2003 Display Title REDUCE Spam Act of 2003 Official Title as Introduced A bill to reduce unsolicited commercial electronic mail and to protect children from sexually oriented advertisements. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced REDUCE Spam Act of 2003 Short Titles as Introduced Restrict and Eliminate the Delivery of Unsolicited Commercial Electronic Mail or Spam Act of 2003 Introduced in Senate 2003-06-25T04:00:00Z 2003-06-25 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text of measure as introduced: CR S8563-8564) text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.