§7710 — Title 15 Commerce and Trade | U.S. Code

Summary

The Commission must send two reports to the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. The first report, due within 9 months after December 16, 2003, must lay out a reward plan for people who report violations. It must allow at least 20 percent of a civil penalty to go to the first person who identifies the violator and gives information that leads to collecting the penalty. It must also explain how to make filing complaints easier, including accepting electronic complaints. The second report, due within 18 months after December 16, 2003, must offer a plan to mark commercial email in the subject line—by following Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) standards, using the letters "ADV", or another clear label—or explain any concerns that would lead the Commission to advise against such a plan.

Title 15, §7710

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The Commission shall transmit to the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and the House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce—

(1)a report, within 9 months after December 16, 2003, that sets forth a system for rewarding those who supply information about violations of this chapter, including—

(A)procedures for the Commission to grant a reward of not less than 20 percent of the total civil penalty collected for a violation of this chapter to the first person that—

(i)identifies the person in violation of this chapter; and

(ii)supplies information that leads to the successful collection of a civil penalty by the Commission; and

(B)procedures to minimize the burden of submitting a complaint to the Commission concerning violations of this chapter, including procedures to allow the electronic submission of complaints to the Commission; and

(2)a report, within 18 months after December 16, 2003, that sets forth a plan for requiring commercial electronic mail to be identifiable from its subject line, by means of compliance with Internet Engineering Task Force Standards, the use of the characters “ADV” in the subject line, or other comparable identifier, or an explanation of any concerns the Commission has that cause the Commission to recommend against the plan.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

This chapter, referred to in par. (1), was in the original “this Act”, meaning Pub. L. 108–187, Dec. 16, 2003, 117 Stat. 2699, which is classified principally to this chapter. 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.

§7710 Improving enforcement by providing rewards for information about violations; labeling