a request under subclause (A)(ii) by the recipi-
ent. 
(D) TIMING.—Consent shall be considered 
to be given, for purposes of this Act, at the 
time such consent is received by the sender. 
(5) COVERED COMPUTER.—The term ‘‘covered 
computer’’ means a computer that is used in inter-
state or foreign commerce or communication, includ-
ing a computer located outside the United States 
that is used in a manner that affects interstate or 
foreign commerce or communication of the United 
States. 
(6) DOMAIN NAME.—The term ‘‘domain name’’ 
means any alphanumeric designation which is reg-
istered with or assigned by any domain name reg-
istrar, domain name registry, or other domain name 
registration authority as part of an electronic ad-
dress on the Internet. 
(7) ELECTRONIC
MAIL
ADDRESS.—The term 
‘‘electronic mail address’’ means a destination, com-
monly expressed as a string of characters, which in-
cludes a unique user name or mailbox (commonly re-
ferred to as the ‘‘local part’’) and may also include 
a reference to an Internet domain (commonly re-
ferred to as the ‘‘domain part’’), to which an elec-
tronic mail message can be transmitted or delivered. 
(8) ELECTRONIC
MAIL
MESSAGE.—The term 
‘‘electronic mail message’’ means a message as 
transmitted to an electronic mail address. 
(9) HEADER INFORMATION.—The term ‘‘header 
information’’ means the source, destination, and 
routing information attached to an electronic mail 
message, including the originating domain name and 
originating electronic mail address. 
(10) INITIATE.—The term ‘‘initiate’’, when 
used with respect to an electronic mail message, 
means to originate such message or to procure the 
origination of such message, but shall not include 
actions that constitute routine conveyance of such 
message. 
(11) INTERNET.—The term ‘‘Internet’’ has the 
meaning given that term in the Internet Tax Free-
dom Act (47 U.S.C. 151 note). 
(12) INTERNET
ACCESS
SERVICE.—The term 
‘‘Internet access service’’ has the meaning given that 
term in section 231(e)(4) of the Communications 
Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 231(e)(4)). 
(13) RECIPIENT.—The term ‘‘recipient’’, when 
used with respect to a commercial electronic mail
message, means an authorized user of the electronic 
mail address to which the message was transmitted 
or delivered. If a recipient of a commercial electronic 
mail message has 1 or more electronic mail address-
es in addition to the address to which the message 
was transmitted or delivered, the recipient shall be 
treated as a separate recipient with respect to each 
such address. If an electronic mail address is reas-
signed to a new user, the new user shall not be 
treated as a recipient of any commercial electronic 
mail message transmitted or delivered to that ad-
dress before it was reassigned. 
(14) ROUTINE CONVEYANCE.—The term ‘‘rou-
tine conveyance’’ means the transmission, routing, 
relaying, handling, or storing, through an automatic 
technical process, of an electronic mail message for 
which another person has identified recipients or 
provided the recipient addresses. 
(15) SENDER.—The term ‘‘sender’’, when used 
with respect to a commercial electronic mail mes-
sage, means a person who initiates such a message 
and whose product, service, or Internet web site is 
advertised or promoted by the message, or such per-
son’s successor in interest.
(16) UNSOLICITED
COMMERCIAL
ELECTRONIC 
MAIL MESSAGE.—The term ‘‘unsolicited commercial 
electronic mail message’’ means any commercial 
electronic mail message that is transmitted to a re-
cipient without the recipient’s prior consent. 
SEC. 305. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
Titles I and III of this Act, and the amendments 
made by such titles, shall take effect 120 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act.
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