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113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2171 

To address voluntary location tracking of electronic communications devices, 

and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 27, 2014 

Mr. FRANKEN (for himself, Mr. COONS, and Ms. WARREN) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the 

Judiciary 

A BILL 

To address voluntary location tracking of electronic 

communications devices, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Location Privacy Pro5 tection Act of 2014’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DEFINITION. 

7 In this Act, the term ‘‘geolocation information’’ has 

8 the meaning given that term in section 2713 of title 18, 

9 United States Code, as added by this Act. 


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1 SEC. 3. VOLUNTARY LOCATION TRACKING OF ELECTRONIC 

2 COMMUNICATIONS DEVICES. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 121 of title 18, United 

4 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol5 lowing: 

6 ‘‘§ 2713. Voluntary location tracking of electronic 

7 communications devices 

8 ‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 

9 ‘‘(1) the term ‘covered entity’ means a non10 governmental individual or entity; 

11 ‘‘(2) the term ‘consent’ means affirmative ex12 press consent after receiving clear, prominent, and 

13 accurate notice that— 

14 ‘‘(A) informs the individual that his or her 

15 geolocation information will be collected by the 

16 covered entity; and 

17 ‘‘(B) identifies the categories of covered 

18 entities to which the geolocation information 

19 may be disclosed by the covered entity; 

20 ‘‘(C) provides the individual a hyperlink or 

21 comparably easily accessible means to access 

22 the information specified in subsection (b)(4); 

23 ‘‘(3) the term ‘electronic communications de24 vice’ means any device that— 

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1 munication service, remote computing service, 

2 or geolocation information service; and 

3 ‘‘(B) is commonly carried by or on the per4 son of an individual or commonly travels with 

5 the individual, including in or as part of a vehi6 cle the individual drives; 

7 ‘‘(4) the term ‘geolocation information’— 

8 ‘‘(A) means any information that— 

9 ‘‘(i) is not the contents of a commu10 nication; 

11 ‘‘(ii) is in whole or in part generated 

12 by or derived from the operation or use of 

13 an electronic communications device; and 

14 ‘‘(iii) is sufficient to identify the street 

15 name and name of the city or town in 

16 which the device is located; and 

17 ‘‘(B) does not include the Internet protocol 

18 address or the home, business, or billing ad19 dress of the individual, or any component parts 

20 of such addresses; and 

21 ‘‘(5) the term ‘geolocation information service’ 

22 means the provision of a global positioning service or 

23 other mapping, locational, or directional information 

24 service. 


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1 ‘‘(b) COLLECTION OR DISCLOSURE OF GEOLOCATION

2 INFORMATION TO OR BY NONGOVERNMENTAL ENTI3 TIES.— 

4 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para5 graph (2), a covered entity may not knowingly col6 lect or disclose to another covered entity the 

7 geolocation information from an electronic commu8 nications device without the consent of the individual 

9 that is using the electronic communications device. 

10 ‘‘(2) EXCEPTIONS.—A covered entity may 

11 knowingly collect or disclose to another covered enti12 ty the geolocation information from an electronic 

13 communication device without consent if the collec14 tion or disclosure is— 

15 ‘‘(A) to allow a parent or legal guardian to 

16 locate an unemancipated minor child or ward; 

17 ‘‘(B) to allow a court-appointed guardian 

18 to locate a legally incapacitated person; 

19 ‘‘(C) for the provision of fire, medical, pub20 lic safety, or other emergency services; 

21 ‘‘(D) pursuant to a court order in a civil 

22 proceeding upon a showing of compelling need 

23 for the information that cannot be accommo24 dated by any other means, if the individual is— 


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1 ‘‘(i) given reasonable notice by the 

2 person seeking the disclosure of the court 

3 proceeding relevant to the issuance of the 

4 court order; and 

5 ‘‘(ii) afforded the opportunity to ap6 pear and contest the claim of the person 

7 seeking the disclosure; 

8 ‘‘(E) requested by a law enforcement agen9 cy of the United States, a State, or a political 

10 subdivision of a State pursuant to any lawful 

11 authority or activity, including chapter 119, the 

12 Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, or any 

13 other provision of Federal or State law, if the 

14 covered entity uses the geolocation information 

15 collected in response to the request solely for 

16 law enforcement purposes; 

17 ‘‘(F) necessary for network operation by a 

18 person that is subject to section 222 or 631 of 

19 the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 

20 222 and 551), if the person uses the informa21 tion solely for purposes of network operation; 

22 ‘‘(G) for the sole purpose of transmitting 

23 the information to a person and in a cir24 cumstance described in subparagraph (A), (B), 

25 (C), (D), (E), or (F); 


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1 ‘‘(H) necessary to protect the property of 

2 the covered entity or to protect the covered en3 tity’s customers or other covered entities from 

4 fraudulent, abusive or unlawful conduct; or 

5 ‘‘(I) conducted by any covered entity that 

6 is not the covered entity that initially collected 

7 the information from the electronic communica8 tions device. 

9 In granting an order described in subparagraph (D), 

10 the court shall impose appropriate safeguards 

11 against unauthorized disclosure. 

12 ‘‘(3) ANTI-STALKING PROTECTIONS.—Except 

13 for an instance in which geolocation information is 

14 being collected under the exception described in 

15 paragraph (2)(E), a covered entity that initially col16 lects geolocation information from an electronic com17 munications device in a manner that the covered en18 tity has reason to believe is imperceptible to the in19 dividual using the electronic communications device 

20 shall, in addition to obtaining consent under para21 graph (1), provide clear, prominent, and accurate 

22 notice to the individual, not earlier than 24 hours 

23 and not later than 7 days after the initial collection, 

24 informing the individual that his or her geolocation 


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1 information is being collected and providing him or 

2 her the information specified in paragraph (4). 

3 ‘‘(4) PUBLICATION OF INFORMATION.—A cov4 ered entity that collects the geolocation information 

5 of more than 1,000 electronic communications de6 vices in a year shall maintain a publicly accessible 

7 Internet website that includes— 

8 ‘‘(A) the nature of the geolocation informa9 tion that the covered entity collects from elec10 tronic communications devices; 

11 ‘‘(B) the purposes for which the covered 

12 entity collects, uses, and discloses the informa13 tion; 

14 ‘‘(C) the specific covered entities to which 

15 the covered entity discloses geolocation informa16 tion; and 

17 ‘‘(D) how an individual may electronically 

18 revoke consent for the collection and disclosure 

19 of geolocation information. 

20 ‘‘(c) RULEMAKING.— 

21 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General 

22 shall, in consultation with the Federal Trade Com23 mission, issue regulations to implement the require24 ments of this section. All regulations promulgated 


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1 under this section shall be issued in accordance with 

2 section 553 of title 5. 

3 ‘‘(2) FLEXIBLE RULEMAKING.—In promul4 gating regulations under this section, the Attorney 

5 General shall— 

6 ‘‘(A) avoid any regulatory requirement that 

7 would create redundant notifications or requests 

8 for consent, including in instances in which an 

9 individual has previously consented to the col10 lection of his or her geolocation information or 

11 its disclosure to a particular category of individ12 uals or entities; and 

13 ‘‘(B) ensure that such regulations address 

14 the specific operational requirements of shared 

15 and legacy electronic communications devices. 

16 ‘‘(d) CIVIL REMEDIES.— 

17 ‘‘(1) ACTION BY ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE

18 UNITED STATES.—If the Attorney General of the 

19 United States has reasonable cause to believe that 

20 an individual or entity is violating this section or its 

21 implementing regulations, the Attorney General may 

22 bring a civil action in an appropriate United States 

23 district court. 

24 ‘‘(2) RIGHT OF ACTION.—Any individual ag25 grieved by any action of an individual or entity in 


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1 violation of this section or its implementing regula2 tions may bring a civil action in an appropriate 

3 United States district court. 

4 ‘‘(3) RIGHTS OF ATTORNEY GENERAL.— 

5 ‘‘(A) NOTICE.— 

6 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Except as pro7 vided in clause (iii), an aggrieved person 

8 bringing a civil action under paragraph (2) 

9 shall notify the Attorney General in writ10 ing that the person intends to bring the ac11 tion before initiating that action. 

12 ‘‘(ii) CONTENTS.—A notification pro13 vided under clause (i) with respect to a 

14 civil action shall include a copy of the com15 plaint to be filed to initiate the civil action. 

16 ‘‘(iii) EXCEPTION.—If it is not fea17 sible for the person to provide the notifica18 tion required by clause (i) before initiating 

19 a civil action under paragraph (2), the per20 son shall notify the Attorney General im21 mediately upon instituting the civil action. 

22 ‘‘(B) INTERVENTION.—The Attorney Gen23 eral may— 


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1 ‘‘(i) intervene in any civil action 

2 brought by an aggrieved person under 

3 paragraph (2); and 

4 ‘‘(ii) upon intervening— 

5 ‘‘(I) be heard on all matters aris6 ing in the civil action; and 

7 ‘‘(II) file petitions for appeal of a 

8 decision in the civil action. 

9 ‘‘(C) PREEMPTIVE ACTION.—If the Attor10 ney General brings a civil action under para11 graph (1), a person may not, during the pend12 ency of such action, bring a civil action under 

13 paragraph (2) against any defendant named in 

14 the complaint of the Attorney General for any 

15 violation with respect to which the Attorney 

16 General instituted such action. 

17 ‘‘(4) RELIEF.— 

18 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In a civil action 

19 brought under this subsection, the court may 

20 award— 

21 ‘‘(i) damages of not more than $5,000 

22 per violation per day while such a violation 

23 exists, with a maximum of $500,000 per 

24 violation; 


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1 ‘‘(ii) punitive damages in an addi2 tional amount of not more than $5,000 per 

3 violation per day while such violation ex4 ists, with a maximum of an additional 

5 $500,000 per violation; 

6 ‘‘(iii) reasonable attorney’s fees and 

7 other litigation costs reasonably incurred; 

8 and 

9 ‘‘(iv) such other preliminary or equi10 table relief as the court determines to be 

11 appropriate. 

12 ‘‘(B) PENALTY LIMITS.—Notwithstanding 

13 any other provision of law, the total amount of 

14 civil penalties that may be imposed with respect 

15 to a covered entity that violates this section or 

16 its implementing regulations shall not exceed, 

17 for all violations resulting from the same or re18 lated acts or omissions, $1,000,000, unless the 

19 conduct is found to be willful or intentional. If 

20 a court determines that a violation was willful 

21 or intentional and imposes an additional pen22 alty, the court may impose an additional pen23 alty in accordance with subparagraph (A) in an 

24 amount that does not exceed $1,000,000. 

25 ‘‘(5) PERIOD OF LIMITATIONS.— 


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1 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 

2 subparagraph (B), a civil action may not be 

3 brought under this subsection unless the civil 

4 action is filed not later than 2 years after the 

5 later of— 

6 ‘‘(i) the date of the act complained of; 

7 or 

8 ‘‘(ii) the date of discovery of the act 

9 complained of. 

10 ‘‘(B) LIMITATION.—In no instance may a 

11 civil action be brought under this subsection 

12 after the date that is 10 years after the date of 

13 the act complained of.’’. 

14 ‘‘(e) EFFECTS ON OTHER LAW.— 

15 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—This section shall super16 sede a provision of the law of a State or political 

17 subdivision of a State that requires or allows collec18 tion or disclosure of geolocation information prohib19 ited by this section. 

20 ‘‘(2) STATE CONSUMER PROTECTION LAWS.— 

21 Nothing in this section shall be construed to pre22 empt the law of a State that grants greater con23 sumer protections relating to the collection, receipt, 

24 recording, obtaining, or disclosure of geolocation in25 formation from electronic communications devices. 


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1 ‘‘(3) RIGHTS AND REMEDIES.—Nothing in this 

2 section shall be construed to effect the rights and 

3 remedies of any individual under any other State or 

4 Federal law. 

5 ‘‘(4) COMMON CARRIERS AND CABLE SERV6 ICES.—This section shall not apply to the activities 

7 of an individual or entity to the extent the activities 

8 are subject to section 222 or 631 of the Communica9 tions Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 222 and 551).’’. 

10 (b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

11 Chapter 121 of title 18, United States Code, is amended— 

12 (1) in the table of sections, by adding at the 

13 end the following: 

‘‘2713. Voluntary location tracking of electronic communications devices.’’; 

14 and 

15 (2) in section 2702(c), by striking ‘‘A provider’’ 

16 and inserting ‘‘Except as provided under section 

17 2713, a provider’’. 

18 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICABILITY.— 

19 (1) IN GENERAL.—The amendments made by 

20 this section— 

21 (A) shall take effect on the date of enact22 ment of this Act; and 

23 (B) except as provided in paragraph (2), 

24 shall apply on and after the date that is 180 

25 days after the issuance of regulations under 


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1 section 2713(c) of title 18, United States Code, 

2 as added by subsection (a). 

3 (2) REGULATIONS.—Section 2713(c) of title 18, 

4 United States Code, as added by subsection (a), 

5 shall apply on the date of enactment of this Act. 

6 SEC. 4. GEOLOCATION INFORMATION USED IN INTERSTATE 

7 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE OR STALKING. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 110A of title 18, United 

9 States Code, is amended— 

10 (1) by redesignating section 2266 as section 

11 2267; 

12 (2) by inserting after section 2265 the fol13 lowing: 

14 ‘‘§ 2266. Geolocation information used in interstate 

15 domestic violence or stalking 

16 ‘‘(a) OFFENSES; UNAUTHORIZED DISCLOSURE OF

17 GEOLOCATION INFORMATION IN AID OF INTERSTATE DO18 MESTIC VIOLENCE OR STALKING.—A covered entity 

19 that— 

20 ‘‘(1) knowingly and willfully discloses 

21 geolocation information about an individual to an22 other individual; 

23 ‘‘(2) knew that a violation of section 2261, 

24 2261A, or 2262 would result from the disclosure; 

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1 ‘‘(3) intends to aid in a violation of section 

2 2261, 2261A, or 2262 as a result of the disclosure, 

3 shall be punished as provided in subsection (b). 

4 ‘‘(b) PENALTIES.—A covered entity that violates sub5 section (a) shall be fined under this title, imprisoned for 

6 not more than 2 years, or both.’’; and 

7 (3) in section 2267, as so redesignated, by add8 ing at the end the following: 

9 ‘‘(11) COVERED ENTITY; GEOLOCATION INFOR10 MATION.—The terms ‘covered entity’ and 

11 ‘geolocation information’ have the meanings given 

12 those terms in section 2713.’’. 

13 (b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

14 (1) TITLE 10.—Section 1561a(b) of title 10, 

15 United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘section 

16 2266(5)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 2267(5)’’. 

17 (2) TITLE 18.—Title 18, United States Code, is 

18 amended— 

19 (A) in section 113(b)(3), by striking ‘‘sec20 tion 2266’’ and inserting ‘‘section 2267’’; 

21 (B) in section 1992(d)(14), by striking 

22 ‘‘section 2266’’ and inserting ‘‘section 2267’’; 

23 and 

24 (C) in chapter 110A— 


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1 (i) in the table of sections, by striking 

2 the item relating to section 2266 and in3 serting the following: 

‘‘2266. Geolocation information used in interstate domestic violence or stalking. 

‘‘2267. Definitions.’’; 

4 and 

5 (ii) in section 2261(b)(6), by striking 

6 ‘‘section 2266 of title 18, United States 

7 Code,’’ and inserting ‘‘section 2267’’. 

8 (3) INDIAN CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1968.—Sec9 tion 204(a)(7) of Public Law 90–284 (25 U.S.C. 

10 1304 et seq.) (commonly known as the ‘‘Indian Civil 

11 Rights Act of 1968’’) is amended by striking ‘‘sec12 tion 2266’’ and inserting ‘‘section 2267’’. 

13 (4) OMNIBUS CRIME CONTROL AND SAFE

14 STREETS ACT OF 1968.—Section 2011(c) of title I of 

15 the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 

16 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796gg–5(c)) is amended by strik17 ing ‘‘section 2266’’ and inserting ‘‘section 2267’’. 

18 SEC. 5. FRAUDULENT COLLECTION OF GEOLOCATION IN19 FORMATION. 

20 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1039(h) of title 18, 

21 United States Code, is amended— 

22 (1) in paragraph (2)— 

23 (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking 

24 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 


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1 (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking the 

2 period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

3 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

4 ‘‘(C) includes any geolocation information 

5 service.’’; 

6 (2) by redesignating paragraph (4) as para7 graph (5); and 

8 (3) by inserting after paragraph (3) the fol9 lowing: 

10 ‘‘(4) GEOLOCATION INFORMATION SERVICE.— 

11 The term ‘geolocation information service’ means the 

12 provision of a global positioning service or other 

13 mapping, locational, or directional information serv14 ice.’’. 

15 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

16 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 1039 of title 18, 

17 United States Code, is amended— 

18 (A) in the section heading, by inserting 

19 ‘‘or geolocation’’ after ‘‘phone’’; 

20 (B) in subsection (a)— 

21 (i) in the matter preceding paragraph 

22 (1), by inserting ‘‘or geolocation’’ after 

23 ‘‘phone’’; and 

24 (ii) in paragraph (4), by inserting ‘‘or 

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1 (C) in subsection (b)— 

2 (i) in the subsection heading, by in3 serting ‘‘OR GEOLOCATION’’ after 

4 ‘‘PHONE’’; 

5 (ii) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘or 

6 geolocation’’ after ‘‘phone’’ both places it 

7 appears; and 

8 (iii) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘or 

9 geolocation’’ after ‘‘phone’’; 

10 (D) in subsection (c)— 

11 (i) in the subsection heading, by in12 serting ‘‘OR GEOLOCATION’’ after 

13 ‘‘PHONE’’; 

14 (ii) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘or 

15 geolocation’’ after ‘‘phone’’ both places it 

16 appears; and 

17 (iii) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘or 

18 geolocation’’ after ‘‘phone’’; and 

19 (E) in subsection (h)(1)— 

20 (i) in the paragraph heading, by in21 serting ‘‘OR GEOLOCATION’’ after 

22 ‘‘PHONE’’; and 

23 (ii) in the matter preceding subpara24 graph (A), by inserting ‘‘or geolocation’’ 

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1 (2) TABLE OF SECTIONS.—The table of sections 

2 for chapter 47 of title 18, United States Code, is 

3 amended by striking the item relating to section 

4 1039 and inserting the following: 

‘‘1039. Fraud and related activity in connection with obtaining confidential 

phone or geolocation records information of a covered entity.’’. 

5 (c) SENTENCING GUIDELINES.— 

6 (1) REVIEW AND AMENDMENT.—Not later than 

7 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the 

8 United States Sentencing Commission, pursuant to 

9 its authority under section 994 of title 28, United 

10 States Code, and in accordance with this subsection, 

11 shall review and, if appropriate, amend the Federal 

12 sentencing guidelines and policy statements applica13 ble to persons convicted of any offense under section 

14 1039 of title 18, United States Code, as amended by 

15 this section. 

16 (2) AUTHORIZATION.—The United States Sen17 tencing Commission may amend the Federal sen18 tencing guidelines in accordance with the procedures 

19 set forth in section 21(a) of the Sentencing Act of 

20 1987 (28 U.S.C. 994 note) as though the authority 

21 under that section had not expired. 


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1 SEC. 6. PROHIBITING DEVELOPMENT AND DISTRIBUTION 

2 OF STALKING APPS. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2512 of title 18, United 

4 States Code, is amended— 

5 (1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘elec6 tronic communication’’ and inserting ‘‘elec7 tronic communications or geolocation in8 formation’’; and 

9 (2) by inserting ‘‘or geolocation information’’ 

10 after ‘‘or electronic communications’’ each place it 

11 appears. 

12 (b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.— 

13 The table of sections for chapter 119 of title 18, United 

14 States Code, is amended by striking the item relating to 

15 section 2512 and inserting the following: 

‘‘2512. Manufacture, distribution, possession, and advertising of wire, oral, or 

electronic communications or geolocation information intercepting devices prohibited.’’. 

16 SEC. 7. FORFEITURE OF PROCEEDS OF STALKING APPS. 

17 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2513 of title 18, United 

18 States Code, is amended— 

19 (1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘elec20 tronic communication’’ and inserting ‘‘elec21 tronic communications or geolocation in22 formation’’; and 

23 (2) by inserting ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—’’ before 

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1 (3) in the first sentence, by inserting ‘‘, and 

2 any proceeds from the use or sale of such a device,’’ 

3 after ‘‘section 2512 of this chapter’’; and 

4 (4) by adding at the end the following: 

5 ‘‘(b) ANTI-STALKING FUND.— 

6 ‘‘(1) FUND.—There is established in the Treas7 ury a fund, to be known as the ‘Anti-Stalking Fund’ 

8 (referred to in this subsection as the ‘Fund’), to be 

9 administered by the Attorney General. 

10 ‘‘(2) CREDITING OF AMOUNTS.—Notwith11 standing section 3302 of title 31, or any other law 

12 regarding the crediting of money received for the 

13 Government, there shall be deposited in the Fund an 

14 amount equal to the value of any device and all pro15 ceeds forfeited to the United States under this sec16 tion, which shall remain available until expended. 

17 ‘‘(3) USE OF FUND.—The Attorney General 

18 may, without further appropriation, use amounts in 

19 the Fund to— 

20 ‘‘(A) develop and provide training to law 

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1 cedures, and policies relating to investigating 

2 and prosecuting stalking crimes; and 

3 ‘‘(B) support help line and emergency re4 sponse efforts for stalking crimes.’’. 

5 (b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.— 

6 The table of sections for chapter 119 of title 18, United 

7 States Code, is amended by striking the item relating to 

8 section 2513 and inserting the following: 

‘‘2513. Confiscation of wire, oral, or electronic communications or geolocation 

information intercepting devices.’’. 

9 SEC. 8. INFORMATION GATHERING ON THE USE OF 

10 GEOLOCATION DATA IN VIOLENCE AGAINST 

11 WOMEN. 

12 (a) NATIONAL CRIME VICTIMIZATION SURVEY.—As 

13 soon as practicable and not later than 1 year after the 

14 date of enactment of this Act, as part of each National 

15 Crime Victimization Survey, the Attorney General shall in16 clude questions examining the role that various new tech17 nologies that use geolocation information may have in the 

18 facilitation of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual as19 sault, or stalking, including the use of— 

20 (1) global positioning system technology; 

21 (2) smartphone mobile applications; 

22 (3) in-car navigation devices; and 

23 (4) geo-tagging technology. 


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1 (b) NATIONAL INTIMATE PARTNER AND SEXUAL VI2 OLENCE SURVEY.—As soon as practicable and not later 

3 than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, as 

4 part of each National Intimate Partner and Sexual Vio5 lence Survey, the Director of the Center for Disease Con6 trol and Prevention shall include questions relating to the 

7 use of geolocation information as described in subsection 

8 (a). 

9 (c) CONSULTATION.—The Attorney General, acting 

10 through the Director of the Office on Violence Against 

11 Women and the Director of the National Institute of Jus12 tice, shall consult with representatives from the Federal 

13 agencies, offices of State attorneys general, national victim 

14 advocacy organizations, and the industries related to the 

15 technologies described in subsection (a) to assist in the 

16 coordination and collection of data described in subsection 

17 (a). 

18 SEC. 9. GEOLOCATION CRIME INFORMATION AND REPORT19 ING. 

20 (a) IMPLEMENTATION.—The Attorney General shall 

21 direct the Internet Crime Complaint Center to provide 

22 education and awareness information to the public and law 

23 enforcement and register complaints regarding the abuse 

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1 dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, or other related 

2 crimes. 

3 (b) CONSULTATIONS.—In determining what informa4 tion will be provided to the public and collected in com5 plaints under subsection (a), the Attorney General shall 

6 consult with nongovernmental entities that have dem7 onstrated expertise relating to the abuse of the Internet 

8 or geolocation information to commit stalking, domestic 

9 violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or other related 

10 crimes. 

11 (c) REPORT.—Not later than 18 months after the 

12 date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall 

13 submit to the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate 

14 and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Rep15 resentatives a report that discusses and summarizes the 

16 information collected in complaints filed under subsection 

17 (a). 

18 SEC. 10. NATIONAL GEOLOCATION CURRICULUM DEVELOP19 MENT. 

20 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General, through 

21 the Director of the Office on Violence Against Women, 

22 may make grants to entities to develop and provide train23 ing to law enforcement officers, prosecutors, judges, and 

24 victim service personnel throughout the United States re25 garding relevant Federal, State, territorial, or local law 


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1 and promising practices, procedures, and policies relating 

2 to investigating and prosecuting the misuse of geolocation 

3 information in the commission of stalking, domestic vio4 lence, dating violence, sexual assault, and other crimes. 

5 (b) APPLICATION.—An eligible entity desiring a grant 

6 under this section shall submit an application to the Attor7 ney General at such time, in such manner, and accom8 panied by such information as the Attorney General may 

9 reasonably require. 

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