---
kind: "section"
citation: "15 U.S.C. § 7708"
title: "15"
title_heading: "Commerce and Trade"
number: "7708"
heading: "Do-Not-E-Mail registry"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/15/7708"
units:
  - "Chapter 103 — Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing"
---

# §7708. Do-Not-E-Mail registry

- (a) **In general—** Not later than 6 months after December 16, 2003, the [Commission](/usc/15/7702.md?p=3) shall transmit to the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and the House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce a report that—
  - (1) sets forth a plan and timetable for establishing a nationwide marketing Do-Not-E-Mail registry;
  - (2) includes an explanation of any practical, technical, security, privacy, enforceability, or other concerns that the [Commission](/usc/15/7702.md?p=3) has regarding such a registry; and
  - (3) includes an explanation of how the registry would be applied with respect to children with e-mail accounts.
- (b) **Authorization to implement—** The [Commission](/usc/15/7702.md?p=3) may establish and implement the plan, but not earlier than 9 months after December 16, 2003.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 108–187, § 9, Dec. 16, 2003, 117 Stat. 2716.)