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Code · STATUTE-COMPILATIONS · Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing Act of 2003 · Sec. 8

Sec. 8. EFFECT ON OTHER LAWS

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## SEC. 8 EFFECT ON OTHER LAWS **[**[15 U.S.C. 7707](/us/usc/t15/s7707)**]** ###
(a)Federal Law ####
(1)Nothing in this Act shall be construed to impair the enforcement of section 223 or 231 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 223 or 231, respectively), chapter 71 (relating to obscenity) or 110 (relating to sexual exploitation of children) of title 18, United States Code, or any other Federal criminal statute. ####
(2)Nothing in this Act shall be construed to affect in any way the Commission's authority to bring enforcement actions under FTC Act for materially false or deceptive representations or unfair practices in commercial electronic mail messages. ###
(b)State Law ####
(1)In general This Act supersedes any statute, regulation, or rule of a State or political subdivision of a State that expressly regulates the use of electronic mail to send commercial messages, except to the extent that any such statute, regulation, or rule prohibits falsity or deception in any portion of a commercial electronic mail message or information attached thereto. ####
(2)State law not specific to electronic mail This Act shall not be construed to preempt the applicability of— #####
(A)State laws that are not specific to electronic mail, including State trespass, contract, or tort law; or #####
(B)other State laws to the extent that those laws relate to acts of fraud or computer crime. ###
(c)No Effect on Policies of Providers of Internet Access Service Nothing in this Act shall be construed to have any effect on the lawfulness or unlawfulness, under any other provision of law, of the adoption, implementation, or enforcement by a provider of Internet access service of a policy of declining to transmit, route, relay, handle, or store certain types of electronic mail messages.
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Sec. 8
EFFECT ON OTHER LAWS
U.S.C.§ 7707
U.S.C.§ 223
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