S 975 · 106th Congress · Government Operations and Politics
Sweepstakes Toll-Free Option Protection Act of 1999
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EnactedLatest: Referred to Subcommittee on International Security.(1999-05-13)
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Sweepstakes Toll-Free Option Protection Act of 1999 - Declares that matter otherwise legally acceptable in the mails is nonmailable, shall not be carried or delivered by mail, and shall be disposed of as the Postal Service directs, if it is a skill contest or sweepstakes addressed to an individual who made an election to be excluded from all mailing lists used by promoters of skill contests or sweepstakes by mailing a removal request form to the notification system established under this Act. Requires any promoter who mails a skill contest or sweepstakes to: (1) provide with each mailing a clear and conspicuous statement that includes the address and toll-free telephone number of such notification system and states that it can be used to prohibit the mailing of any skill contest or sweepstakes to such individual; and (2) participate in the establishment and maintenance of a uniform notification system that provides for any individual or other duly authorized person to notify the system of the individual's election to have his or her name and address excluded from all lists of names and address used by that promoter to mail such material. Prohibits the commercial use of any list of …
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