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CANSPAM Act of 2002

Introduced: March 27, 2001 See on congress.gov
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Oct 16, 2002
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 735.
Oct 16, 2002
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Hollings with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 107-318.
May 17, 2002
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Mar 27, 2001
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2995-2998)
Mar 27, 2001
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing Act of 2002, or the CANSPAM Act of 2002 - Sets forth the determination of Congress that: (1) there is a substantial government interest in regulation of unsolicited commercial electronic mail ("spam"); (2) senders of spam should not mislead recipients as to the source or content of such mail; and (3) recipients of spam have a right to decline to receive additional spam from the same source.

(Sec 4) Amends Federal criminal law to subject to a fine or imprisonment any person who initiates the transmission to a protected computer of a spam message with knowledge and intent that it contains fraudulent header information that is materially false or misleading.

(Sec. 5) Sets forth protections against spam that include: (1) a prohibition of false or misleading transmission information; (2) a prohibition of deceptive subject headings; (3) mandatory inclusion of return address or comparable mechanism in unsolicited commercial electronic mail; (4) a prohibition of transmission of spam after objection; and (5) mandatory inclusion of identifier, opt-out, and physical address in spam.

(Sec. 6) Confers enforcement powers for violations of this Act upon the Federal Trade Commission, designated Federal agencies, and State Attorneys General.

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

Sets forth a maximum civil penalty of $1.5 million for knowing and wilful violations of this Act.

(Sec. 8) Directs the Commission to submit to Congress a detailed analysis of the efficacy of this Act.

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Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 735.

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