Restrict and Eliminate the Delivery of Unsolicited Commercial Electronic Mail or Spam Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-1933
Sponsor: Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-16]
Introduced: 2003-05-01 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Advertising
Civil actions and liability
Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Consumer education
Consumer protection
Crime and Law Enforcement
Damages
Deceptive advertising
Direct mail advertising
Electronic commerce
Electronic government information
Electronic mail systems
Federal Trade Commission
Federal preemption
Fines (Penalties)
Fraud
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Identification devices
Independent regulatory commissions
Informers
Injunctions
Internet
Law
Legal fees
Liability (Law)
Local laws
Pornography
Restrictive trade practices
State laws
Web sites

Summary:
action_date: 2003-05-01
text: Restrict and Eliminate the Delivery of Unsolicited Commercial Electronic Mail or Spam Act of 2003 or REDUCE Spam Act of 2003 - Amends the Federal criminal code to prohibit the initiation of a transmission of any unsolicited commercial electronic mail (spam) message with the knowledge that such message contains or is accompanied by false or misleading header (identifying) information.
Prohibits any person from initiating the transmission of a spam message to an electronic mail (e-mail) address within the United States unless the subject line includes legally compliant identifying information or "ADV" as its first characters for commercial advertisements or "ADV: ADLT" for adult advertisements. Requires a sender to establish a valid sender operated return e-mail address where the recipient may notify the sender not to send further spam. Prohibits: (1) sending spam after notification of the recipient's objection; or (2) including false or misleading header information or deceptive subject headings as part of spam transmissions. Provides: (1) affirmative defenses; and (2) enforcement through the Federal Trade Commission (FTC).
Permits a spam recipient or a provider of Internet access service adversely affected by a violation of this Act to bring a civil action.
Requires the FTC to submit to Congress a detailed analysis of the effectiveness and enforcement of provisions of this Act and the need, if any, for modifications.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-06-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2003-05-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.
action_date: 2003-05-01
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2003-05-01
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2003-05-01
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2003-05-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-05-01
text: Introduced in House