H.R. 5769 would direct the Federal Trade Commission to revise the Telemarketing Sales Rule to explicitly prohibit the sending of a text message containing an unsolicited advertisement to a cellular telephone number listed on the national do-not-call registry.

== Detailed Summary ==

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(Log inStop M-Spam Abuse as a Sales industry Habit Act of 2008 or the SMASH Act of 2008 - Requires the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to editissue regulations to revise the wiki and beTelemarketing Sales Rule to explicitly prohibit, as an abusive telemarketing act or practice, the firstsending of any electronic commercial message containing an unsolicited advertisement to provide a detailed summarytelephone number that is assigned to a commercial mobile service and listed on the FTC's do-not-call registry.

Prohibits interpreting anything in this Act to preclude or override the applicability of specified provisions of the bill!)Communications Act of 1934 or the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003 or rules prescribed under specified provisions of the Telemarketing and Consumer Fraud and Abuse Prevention Act.
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== Status of the Legislation ==

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(Log inLatest Major Action: 4/14/2008: Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to edit the wikiSubcommittee on Commerce, Trade and be the first to update the status of the bill!)Consumer Protection.
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