Wireless Telephone Spam Protection Act

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Wireless Telephone Spam Protection Act - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to make it unlawful for any person to use any covered mobile telephone messaging system to transmit an unsolicited advertisement. Prohibits the Federal Communications Commission from exempting from certain telephone regulatory requirements any call that violates such prohibition.

What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Jan 7, 2003

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: Wireless Telephone Spam Protection Act

Latest action (Feb 3, 2003): Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.

Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications · Origin: House · Introduced: Jan 7, 2003

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)

No recorded floor vote found.