Ted Strickland on Technology Democratic Governor; previously Representative (OH-6)

Criminal penalties for e-mail spamming.

Title: To protect individuals, families, and Internet service providers from unsolicited and unwanted electronic mail.

Summary:
1. Amends the Federal criminal code to provide criminal penalties for intentionally transmitting ten or more unsolicited commercial electronic mail messages to one or more protected computers in the United States, with the knowledge that such messages are accompanied by or contain materially false or misleading information as to the identity of the initiator.

2. Allows a provider of Internet access service to bring an action against a person using such service to commit a violation of this Act.

3. Allows certain statutory damages under such an action.

4. Prescribe marks or notices to be included in electronic mail that contains a sexually oriented advertisement in order to inform the recipient of such fact.

5. Provides penalties for not including such marks or notices.

6. Requires the Attorney General to submit to Congress a detailed analysis of the effectiveness and enforcement, and need for modification, of this Act.

Terminate funding for the superconducting super collider.

Terminates Federal funding for the superconducting super collider project: Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the United States shall not, after the date of enactment of this Act, obligate any funds for the superconducting super collider project.