Title 15 — Commerce and Trade
Chapter 103 — Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing
§ 7710. Improving enforcement by providing rewards for information about violations; labeling
Statutory text
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, within 9 months after , that sets forth a system for rewarding those who supply information about violations of this chapter, including—
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—
identifies the person in violation of this chapter; and
supplies information that leads to the successful collection of a civil penalty by the Commission; and
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
a report, within 18 months after , 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.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing Act of 2003
Pub. L. 108–187 § 11 · 117 Stat. 2699
Enacted · 15 U.S.C. § 7710
(Pub. L. 108–187, § 11, Dec. 16, 2003, 117 Stat. 2717.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 108–187, § 11, Dec. 16, 2003, 117 Stat. 2717.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 11. IMPROVING ENFORCEMENT BY PROVIDING REWARDS FOR INFORMATION ABOUT VIOLATIONS; LABELING. 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 the date of enactment of this Act, that sets forth a system for rewarding those who supply information about violations of this Act, 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 Act to the first person that— (i) identifies the person in violation of this Act; 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 Act, including procedures to allow the electronic submission of complaints to the Commission; and (2) a report, within 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act, 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.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
References in Text
This chapter, referred to in par. (1), was in the original “this Act”, meaning Pub. L. 108–187, , 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 , see section 16 of Pub. L. 108–187, set out as a note under section 7701 of this title.