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6/16/2008--Introduced.<br/>Do-Not-Text Act of 2008 - Amends the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003 to exclude from the definition of &quot;mobile service commercial message&quot; a commercial e-mail if the message's primary purpose is to: (1) facilitate, complete, or confirm a transaction between the message recipient and the sender; (2) provide warranty, recall, safety, or security information regarding the recipient's product or service; (3) provide notice of a change in terms or conditions, a change in the status of the recipient, or account statements regarding a subscription, membership, account, loan, or comparable ongoing commercial relationship; (4) provide information regarding an employment relationship or benefit plan in which the recipient is involved; or (5) deliver goods or services, including updates or upgrades, that the recipient is entitled to receive.<br/>Declares that provisions relating to the application of the Act to wireless do not prohibit: (1) phone-to-phone short messages; and (2) the sending of mobile service commercial messages by a mobile service provider to its subscribers at no cost to its subscribers unless a subscriber has expressed a desire not to receive such messages.<br/>Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to require express prior authorization to send a mobile service commercial message to any person in the United States.<br/>

1213588800 2008-06-16 Fri Nov 07 18:52:13 -0600 2008 introduced 51182 'bill':2 'spam':7 'text':5 'messag':6 'prohibit':4 61096 false official introduced 51182 'act':5 '2008':7 'text':4 'do-not-text':1 61872 false short introduced 51182 1213588800 Mon Jun 16 00:00:00 -0500 2008 160947 S001142 1952-05-25 5160 Gordon 'smith':2,4,6 'gordon':1,3,5 M 300090 Smith Gordon_Smith Harold Gordon Smith 1881 N00007815 7308 Republican Latter Day Saints Gordon Smith 3.71428571428571 N000032 1942-09-29 8785 716 Hart Senate Office Building http://billnelson.senate.gov/contact/email.cfm 202-228-2183 Bill 'd':4 'fl':5 'sen':1 'bill':2,6,8 'nelson':3,7,9 M 300078 Nelson Bill_Nelson Sen. Bill Nelson [D, FL] 4310 N00009926 18964 Democrat 202-224-5274 Presbyterian FL Bill Nelson 2.19791666666667 http://billnelson.senate.gov/ SenBillNelson P000590 1963-01-10 5805 255 Dirksen Senate Office Building http://pryor.senate.gov/contact/ 202-228-0908 Mark 'd':4 'ar':5 'sen':1 'mark':2,6,8 'pryor':3,7,9 M 300080 Pryor Mark_Pryor Sen. Mark Pryor [D, AR] 2307 N00013823 9149 Democrat 202-224-2353 Unknown AR Mark Pryor 2.625 http://pryor.senate.gov SenatorPryor S000663 1947-02-21 8903 154 Russell Senate Office Building http://snowe.senate.gov/webform.htm 202-224-1946 Olympia 'r':4 'sen':1 'snow':3,7,9 'olympia':2,6,8 F 300091 Snowe Olympia_Snowe J. Sen. Olympia Snowe [R, ME] 3622 N00000480 16272 Republican 202-224-5344 Greek Orthodox ME Olympia Snowe 2.54918032786885 http://snowe.senate.gov/ introduced 51182 1213588800 Mon Jun 16 00:00:00 -0500 2008 160947 action 51182 1213588800 Mon Jun 16 00:00:00 -0500 2008 160948 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.