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Spam Legislation (106th)
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View CDT's Congressional Agenda for the 110th Congress (published January 22, 2007)

PFF/CDT Index to Child Safety and Content Regulation Bills

CDT Analysis of Safety & Content Bills in Congress


To amend section 227 of the Communications Act of 1934 to prohibit the use of the text, graphic, or image messaging systems of wireless telephone systems to transmit unsolicited commercial messages. (Holt)
Internet Integrity and Critical Infrastructure Protection Act of 2000 (Hatch)
CDT Notes:
Unsolicited Commercial Electronic Mail Act of 2000 (Wilson)
To provide for the recognition of electronic signatures for the conduct of interstate and foreign commerce, to restrict the transmission of certain electronic mail advertisements, to authorize the Federal Trade Commission to prescribe rules to protect the privacy of users of commercial Internet websites, to promote the rapid deployment of broadband Internet services, and for other purposes. (Boucher)
CDT Notes: Bill's main focus is bandwidth ; also requires companies to post and comply with privacy policies on the web.
To ensure that the Internet remains open to fair competition, free from government regulation, and accessible to American consumers. (Goodlatte)
A bill to protect individuals, families, and ISPs from unsolicited and unwanted e-mail. (Burns)
A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on certain ion-exchange resin. (Gregg)
To prohibit abuses in the use of unsolicited bulk electronic mail, and for other purposes. (Green)
To prohibit the use of the equipment of an electronic mail service provider to send unsolicited commercial electronic mail in contravention of the provider's posted policy and to prohibit unauthorized use of Internet domain names. (Miller)
To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to restrict the transmission of unsolicited electronic mail messages. (Smith)
A bill to regulate the transmission of unsolicited commercial electronic mail on the Internet, and for other purposes. (Murkowski)
A bill to protect the public, especially senior citizens, against telemarketing fraud, including fraud over the Internet, and to authorize an educational campaign to improve senior citizens' ability to protect themselves against telemarketing fraud. (Wyden)
To protect the public, especially seniors, against telemarketing fraud, including fraud over the Internet, and to authorize an educational campaign to improve senior citizens' ability to protect themselves against telemarketing fraud. (Weygand)
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