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H.R. 718 Clears Subcommittee

H.R. 718, the Unsolicited Commercial Electronic Mail Act of 2001 allows individuals to opt-out of spam, requires the sender to include a working return address, and grants new rights to Internet Service Providers who wish to prevent the transmission of spam from their servers. Last year, the same bill passed the House but failed in a Senate committee.

Anti-spam measure backed by House panel, ZDNet (News.com), March 21, 2001.
Congressional subcommittee approves anti-spam bill, Siliconvalley.com (Reuters), March 21, 2001.
After Spam, Baloney to Swallow, Los Angeles Times, March 22, 2001.
House Commerce Committee To Consider Anti-Spam Bill, Newsbytes, March 23, 2001.