15 U.S.C. § 7703
Prohibition against predatory and abusive commercial e-mail
United States · Title 15 — COMMERCE AND TRADE · Status: effective
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- 15 U.S.C. § 7703, Prohibition against predatory and abusive commercial e-mail, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/442428
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Pursuant to its authority under section 994(p) of title 28 and in accordance with this section, the United States Sentencing Commission shall review and, as appropriate, amend the sentencing guidelines and policy statements to provide appropriate penalties for violations of section 1037 of title 18, as added by this section, and other offenses that may be facilitated by the sending of large quantities of unsolicited electronic mail.
In carrying out this subsection, the Sentencing Commission shall consider providing sentencing enhancements for—
those convicted under section 1037 of title 18 who—
obtained electronic mail addresses through improper means, including—
It is the sense of Congress that—
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone.
- CAN-SPAM Act of 2003