3.0.0 3138 2020-02-12T18:55:29Z 2020-02-12T18:55:29Z Senate S S 2008-06-16 110 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2008-06-16T19:15:19Z 2008-06-16 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. IntroReferral 2008-06-16 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S001142 Sen. Smith, Gordon H. [R-OR] GORDON SMITH R OR H. N N000032 Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL] CLARENCE NELSON D FL WILLIAM 2008-06-16 True P000590 Sen. Pryor, Mark L. [D-AR] Mark Pryor D AR Lunsford 2008-06-16 True S000663 Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME] Olympia Snowe R ME J. 2008-06-16 True Science, Technology, Communications Advertising Commerce Defective products Electronic commerce Electronic mail systems Employee benefit plans Labor and Employment Product safety Warranties Wireless communication Science, Technology, Communications 00 2008-06-16 Introduced in Senate 2008-09-10T21:17:48Z Do-Not-Text Act of 2008 - Amends the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003 to exclude from the definition of "mobile service commercial message" a commercial e-mail if the message's primary purpose is to: (1) facilitate, complete, or confirm a transaction between the message recipient and the sender; (2) provide warranty, recall, safety, or security information regarding the recipient's product or service; (3) provide notice of a change in terms or conditions, a change in the status of the recipient, or account statements regarding a subscription, membership, account, loan, or comparable ongoing commercial relationship; (4) provide information regarding an employment relationship or benefit plan in which the recipient is involved; or (5) deliver goods or services, including updates or upgrades, that the recipient is entitled to receive.

Declares that provisions relating to the application of the Act to wireless do not prohibit: (1) phone-to-phone short messages; and (2) the sending of mobile service commercial messages by a mobile service provider to its subscribers at no cost to its subscribers unless a subscriber has expressed a desire not to receive such messages.

Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to require express prior authorization to send a mobile service commercial message to any person in the United States.

]]> Do-Not-Text Act of 2008 Short Titles as Introduced Do-Not-Text Act of 2008 Display Title Do-Not-Text Act of 2008 Official Title as Introduced A bill to prohibit text message spam. Introduced in Senate 2008-06-16T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s3138is/xml/BILLS-110s3138is.xml 2008-06-16 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. 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.