CAN-SPAM Act of 2003

Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography And Marketing Act of 2003

Other short titles	CAN-SPAM Act of 2003
Long title	An Act to regulate interstate commerce by imposing limitations and penalties on the transmission of unsolicited commercial electronic mail via the Internet.
Enacted by	the 108th United States Congress
Citations
Public law	Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 108–187 (text) (PDF)
Statutes at Large	117 Stat. 2699
Codification
Titles amended	15 U.S.C.: Commerce and Trade
U.S.C. sections created	15 U.S.C. ch. 103
Legislative history
Introduced in the Senate as S.877 by Conrad Burns (R–MT) on April 10, 2003 Passed the Senate on October 22, 2003 (97–0) Passed the House on November 22, 2003 (392–5) Signed into law by President George W. Bush on December 16, 2003

The Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography And Marketing (CAN-SPAM) Act of 2003 is a law passed in 2003 establishing the United States' first national standards for the sending of commercial e-mail. The law requires the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to enforce its provisions. Introduced by Republican Conrad Burns, the act passed both the House and Senate during the 108th United States Congress and was signed into law by President George W. Bush in December 2003 and was enacted on January 1, 2004.^[1][2]