,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #dadf  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,july #a1      
#bjbj,mr4 ,merkley introduced the       
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,rules   
and ,administration  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
require the ,federal ,election          
,commission to conduct a study on the   
classification of political campaign    
emails as spam4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,fair ,campaign
 ,communications ,act4  #b4 ,study on   
the classification of email from        
political campaigns  7a7 ,definitions   
,for purposes of this section3 7#a7     
,email provider ,the term email provider
 means any person who provides access to
 electronic mail messages through an    
account that is-- 7,a7 associated with  
the electronic mail address of a user2  
and  7,b7 administered by such person4  
7#b7 ,political campaign email ,the term
 political campaign email means an      
electronic mail message from an         

authorized committee 7as defined in     
section #cja of the ,federal ,election  
,campaign ,act of #aigd 7#eb ,u4,s4,c4  
#cjaja77 of a candidate for ,federal    
office4  7b7 ,study  7#a7 ,in general   
,the ,federal ,election ,commission     
shall conduct a study on the practices  
and procedures used by email providers  
with respect to political campaign      
emails1 including the classification of 
such emails as spam or the assignment of
 such emails to a separate location     
apart from other emails regularly       
received by the user4  7#b7             
,specifications ,the study conducted    
under paragraph 7#a7 shall-- 7,a7       
include multiple email providers that in
 the aggregate serve a majority of email
 users2  7,b7 shall not include the     
collection of any proprietary           
information4  7#c7 ,report ,not later   
than ,december #ca1 #bjbj1 the ,federal 
,election ,commission shall submit to   
,congress a report on the study         
conducted under paragraph 7#a74 ,the    

report provided under this paragraph    
shall not include any information that  
can be identified with any individual   
candidate or authorized committee4