| Bill # |
Name (Sponsor) |
Summary |
Status |
S 877
Public Law 108-187 [pdf] | CAN-SPAM Act of 2003 (Burns) | To prevent unsolicited commercial electronic mail. Prohibits incorrect header and routing information, harvesting of email addresses, and deceptive and misleading subject. Requires contact information for company, and opt out preference. Does not require standardized labeling. FTC enforcement, State Attorney General Enforcement, ISP enforcement. Civil and Criminal Penalties. |
4/10/2003: Introduced and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
6/19/2003: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
6/24/2003: CDT Analysis of S. 877 [pdf]
10/22/2003: Passed Senate 97-0.
12/16/2003 Became Public Law No: 108-187 |
| HR 1933 | Reduce Spam Act of 2003 (Lofgren) | To prevent unsolicited commercial electronic mail. Prohibits incorrect header and routing information, misleading subject. Requires harmful to minor labeling, standardized labeling, contact information for company, and opt out preference. FTC enforcement and private right of action, Civil penalties. |
5/1/2003: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 5/9/2003: Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet. 6/25/2003: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. |
| HR 2515 | Anti-Spam Act of 2003 (Wilson) | To prevent unsolicited commercial electronic mail. Prohibits incorrect header and routing information, harvesting of email addresses, unauthorized access, and misleading subject. Requires harmful to minor labeling, contact information for company, and opt out preference. Does not require standardized labeling. FTC enforcement, State Attorney General Enforcement, ISP enforcement. Civil and Criminal Penalties. |
6/18/03: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and the Committee on the Judiciary
6/25/03: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. |
| H 2214 | Reduction in Distribution of Spam Act of 2003 (Burr) | To prevent unsolicited commercial electronic mail. Prohibits incorrect header and routing information, harvesting of email addresses, and unauthorized access. Requires harmful to minor labeling, contact information for company, and opt out preference. Does not require standardized labeling. FTC enforcement, State Attorney General Enforcement, ISP enforcement. Civil and Criminal Penalties. |
5/22/03: Inbtroduced and referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary
6/25/03: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. |
| S 1293 | Criminal Spam Act of 2003 (Leahy-Hatch) | To criminalize the sending of predatory and abusive e-mail. Prohibits incorrect header and routing information, unauthorized access. State Attorney General Enforcement, ISP Enforcement, Civil and Criminal Penalties. |
6/19/2003: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary |
| S 1231 | Stop Pornography and Abusive Marketing Act (Schumer) | A bill to eliminate the burdens and costs associated with electronic mail spam by prohibiting the transmission of all unsolicited commercial electronic mail to persons who place their electronic mail addresses on a national No-Spam Registry, and to prevent fraud and deception in commercial electronic mail by imposing requirements on the content of all commercial electronic mail messages. |
6/11/2003: Introduced and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation |
| HR 122 | 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) | 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. |
1/7/03: Introduced and referred to Committee on Energy and Commerce.
2/3/03: Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet |
