Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet 
Markup
March 21, 2001

H.R. 718 - THE UNSOLICITED COMMERCIAL ELECTRONIC MAIL ACT OF 2001, was approved for Full Committee consideration, amended, by a voice vote. 

The following amendment was offered: 

An amendment in the nature of a substitute by Mrs. Wilson, No. 1, (1) allows individuals and families to opt-out of the Unsolicited Commercial Electronic Mail Act, (2) requires the valid reply address of the sender of all unsolicited commercial electronic mail, (3) allows Internet service providers to establish their own policies about unsolicited commercial electronic mail, (4) prohibits falsifying Internet routing information, (5) requires Internet service providers who are specifically compensated for accepting unsolicited commercial electronic mail to maintain an internal opt-out list to protect their subscribers, (6) allows individuals and Internet service providers to sue for the greater of actual loss or $500 per violation up to $50,000, (7) provides the Federal Trade Commission with cease and desist authority to protect individuals and Internet service providers from senders of unsolicited commercial electronic mail who do not honor opt-out requests or violate the Internet service providers unsolicited commercial electronic mail policies, (8) prohibits class action lawsuits, but empowers State Attorneys General to bring suits on behalf of their citizens, and (9) requires a study by the Federal Trade Commission on the effectiveness of the Unsolicited Commercial Electronic Mail Act, was AGREED TO by a voice vote. 

THE SUBCOMMITTEE ADJOURNED SUBJECT TO THE CALL OF THE CHAIR.