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HR 4709 114th Congress House

Unsubscribe From All Act of 2016

Official title: To amend the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003 to require commercial email messages to include an option allowing recipients to unsubscribe from any such future emails.

Introduced: March 3, 2016 See on congress.gov
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Mar 4, 2016
Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade.
Mar 3, 2016
Introduced in House
Mar 3, 2016
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
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 Latest action March 4, 2016

Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Unsubscribe From All Act of 2016

This bill amends the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003 to require commercial email messages to contain an "unsubscribe from all" option that recipients may select, with not more than one additional action required by the recipient, to send a reply requesting not to receive future emails from the sender.

A commercial email message must remain capable of receiving such unsubscribe replies for at least 30 days after the transmission of the original message.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4709: Unsubscribe From All Act of 2016. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-4709/
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"H.R. 4709: Unsubscribe From All Act of 2016." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-4709/.
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H.R. 4709, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-4709/.
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