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15 U.S.C. § 7708 — Do-Not-E-Mail registry
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**(a) In general** Not later than 6 months after December 16, 2003, the Commission shall transmit to the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and the House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce a report that—
(1) sets forth a plan and timetable for establishing a nationwide marketing Do-Not-E-Mail registry;
(2) includes an explanation of any practical, technical, security, privacy, enforceability, or other concerns that the Commission has regarding such a registry; and
(3) includes an explanation of how the registry would be applied with respect to children with e-mail accounts.
**(b) Authorization to implement** The Commission may establish and implement the plan, but not earlier than 9 months after December 16, 2003.
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**(a) In general** Not later than 6 months after December 16, 2003, the Commission shall transmit to the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and the House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce a report that—
(1) sets forth a plan and timetable for establishing a nationwide marketing Do-Not-E-Mail registry;
(2) includes an explanation of any practical, technical, security, privacy, enforceability, or other concerns that the Commission has regarding such a registry; and
(3) includes an explanation of how the registry would be applied with respect to children with e-mail accounts.
**(b) Authorization to implement** The Commission may establish and implement the plan, but not earlier than 9 months after December 16, 2003.
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**(a) Findings** The Congress finds the following:
(1) Electronic mail has become an extremely important and popular means of communication, relied on by millions of Americans on a daily basis for personal and commercial purposes. Its low cost and global reach make it extremely convenient and efficient, and offer unique opportunities for the development and growth of frictionless commerce.
(2) The convenience and efficiency of electronic mail are threatened by the extremely rapid growth in the volume of unsolicited commercial electronic mail. Unsolicited commercial electronic mail is currently estimated to account for over half of all electronic mail traffic, up from an estimated 7 percent in 2001, and the volume continues to rise. Most of these messages are fraudulent or deceptive in one or more respects.
(3) The receipt of unsolicited commercial electronic mail may result in costs to recipients who cannot refuse to accept such mail and who incur costs for the storage of such mail, or for the time spent accessing, reviewing, and discarding such mail, or for both.
(4) The receipt of a large number of unwanted messages also decreases the convenience of electronic mail and creates a risk that wanted electronic mail messages, both commercial and noncommercial, will be lost, overlooked, or discarded amidst the larger volume of unwanted messages, thus reducing the reliability and usefulness of electronic mail to the recipient.
(5) Some commercial electronic mail contains material that many recipients may consider vulgar or pornographic in nature.
(6) The growth in unsolicited commercial electronic mail imposes significant monetary costs on providers of Internet access services, businesses, and educational and nonprofit institutions that carry and receive such mail, as
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TITLE 15—COMMERCE AND TRADE
§ 7708
Stat. 2699, which is classified principally to this chap-
ter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code,
see Short Title note set out under section 7701 of this
title and Tables.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE
Section effective Jan. 1, 2004, see section 16 of Pub. L.
108–187, set out as a note under section 7701 of this title.
§ 7708. Do-Not-E-Mail registry
(a) In general
Not later than 6 months after December 16,
2003, the Commission shall transmit to the Sen-
ate Committee on Commerce, Science, and
Transportation and the House of Representa-
tives Committee on Energy and Commerce a re-
port that—
(1) sets forth a plan and timetable for estab-
lishing a nationwide marketing Do-Not-E-Mail
registry;
(2) includes an explanation of any practical,
technical, security, privacy, enforceability, or
other concerns that the Commission has re-
garding such a registry; and
(3) includes an explanation of how the reg-
istry would be applied with respect to children
with e-mail accounts.
(b) Authorization to implement
The Commission may establish and implement
the plan, but not earlier than 9 months after De-
cember 16, 2003.
(Pub. L. 108–187, § 9, Dec. 16, 2003, 117 Stat. 2716.)
§ 7709. Study of effects of commercial electronic
mail
(a) In general
Not later than 24 months after December 16,
2003, the Commission, in consultation with the
Department of Justice and other appropriate
agencies, shall submit a report to the Congress
that provides a detailed analysis of the effec-
tiveness and enforcement of the provisions of
this chapter and the need (if any) for the Con-
gress to modify such provisions.
(b) Required analysis
The Commission shall include in the report re-
quired
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